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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Abdalla",
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        "legal_name": "Amina Ali Abdalla",
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    "content": "I will be speaking about the issues of public participation on this Bill because the contentious issues in this Bill are more political than scientific, and I need to make the House aware of the politics behind the reasons as to why this Bill was not assented to. The Bill proposes that a council should be held in the Presidency. This was a very contentious issue in the Coalition Government because, at that point, it was situated at the Office of the Prime Minister and there was a disconnect between the Office of the Prime Minister and the Ministry of Environment which led to an advisory from the Ministry of Environment to the Presidency not to assent to the Bill. The current Bill as framed recommends that we have the same in the Presidency. The Ministry of Environment and scientists in this sector set up a taskforce that went throughout the country and recommended, through stakeholders input that, for purposes of coordination and avoiding The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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