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    "id": 477660,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/477660/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Murungi",
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        "legal_name": "Kathuri Murungi",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Speaker. I stand to oppose this Motion. As a member of the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources in this House, from the outset I have realized that there has been no communication between our Chair and the Chair of the Committee on the Constitution Implementation Oversight Committee (CIOC). These Bills, especially the one to amend EMCA, should have come here before this Motion got to the House. This Act, as it is at the moment, is very controversial and even implementing it has been a problem since its enactment in 1999. Now, we are faced with an opportunity to review this EMCA. The rushing that we are seeing will not give us enough time to engage in substantial public consultation. Most of the activities which need EMCA attention, especially at Schedule IV of it have been devolved to the county governments. We need time to really freshen up this Act and come up with a good law that will help us to manage our environment, as a good environment is a right of every citizen in this country. I oppose this and say that we need time. Maybe the Chairperson can take another route, so that she can, maybe, get time to enable us complete this Bill. Thank you, hon. Speaker."
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