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    "id": 286571,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/286571/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Kiilu",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Peter L. N. Kiilu",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to thank the Assistant Minister for coming up with proposals that attempt to address the issue of illegal sand harvesting in this area. As he said, this is not a normal business. It is a business that has been going on and causing a lot of serious environmental degradation. As the Assistant Minister talks of doing all these things, people continue to lose lives, in addition to what is going on. For example, over Christmas 20 people were injured while trying to protect their sand. Indeed, one of them, Kimeu Kitone, was shot dead, while another person was burned beyond recognition. Last week, just to indicate how serious this issue is, two people were run over by a lorry that they were trying to load along Kima River; where one Musembi Katua, 21 years and Francis Kimolo, 28 years were killed. The Assistant Minister talks of prosecution. We would like to know whether there are rules governing sand harvesting. If they are there, have they been gazetted, so that he can prosecute the people involved in this illegal business?"
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