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    "speaker_name": "Prof. Kamar",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Margaret Jepkoech Kamar",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. The first clarification was on the results. I will be very happy to have a look at those results but we will also look at our results. I will be very happy to come back to this House with the results. However, I am happy with the way the results read; that the river is polluted with organic matter because that is what I meant when I said that we are aware that it is polluted. What we are not aware is whether the analysis will tell us that it was poison or not poison that killed the fish. I will say this in the Statement that I will issue later on. This is because there is a difference between organic pollution and poisonous pollution that may be coming from effluents from factories. As I said, this river is a victim of very many sources of pollution and we are taking this very seriously. We are looking at the source points of the pollution; we are looking at what comes from the industries as well as what comes from cultivation and dump sites. So, we will look at that matter. Our policy, as the hon. Member asked, is that we actually get our rivers clean. We have many projects that are going on right now in the Ministry that look at rehabilitation of various rivers. For example, we have Ngong River at Tassia, where we are doing a lot of rehabilitation; I have mentioned the rehabilitation of Nairobi River and riparian sections, especially around Kamukunji area. We are also spreading out all over the country and we are looking at various rivers. We are targeting River Thwake, which is a tributary of River Athi. However, in the long run, our policy is to make sure that our rivers, including the tributaries that feed the rivers are well protected and conserved. One thing I must tell hon. Members is that, sometimes, we have conflict of interest. While the Ministry tries to relocate dump sites, and especially where we want to relocate illegal settlements near rivers, we do not get enough support from hon. Members from those areas. I would like to appeal that hon. Members should also take this very seriously because we need very clean water in this country and it is possible to get it. However, we need to work together so that when we relocate informal settlements, we get co-operation from hon. Members. I would like to only give them the last bit."
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