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    "id": 503301,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/503301/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Katoo",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 199,
        "legal_name": "Judah Katoo Ole-Metito",
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    "content": "Still in the same Article, it is also the duty of every person to cooperate with State organs and other persons to protect and conserve the environment and to ensure ecologically sustainable development and use of natural resources. Hon. Speaker, therefore, the proposed amendment to the existing Act is in a nutshell trying to align the existing Act in the Constitution. These are those several Articles, especially 42 and 69. If you look at the existing Act, it has so many flaws that are being corrected in the proposed legislation. Regulations concerning environment were scattered across various sectors and this has caused impediment to a coordinated approach to environment management. Secondly, still in the existing Act, legislative framework enforcement is vested in Government officials, who do not always enforce the law. That is why we have been having problems of ensuring there is a clean environment. It is lack of law enforcement officers to enforce the law. Hon. Speaker, the other misgiving of the existing Act is that it has several laws which are separate and which are punitive in nature. They deal largely with the detrimental effects to the environment, by fixing some penalties for liability. This is why 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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