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    "id": 503355,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Saney",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 2988,
        "legal_name": "Ibrahim Abdi Saney",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. The environment is a wide sector and the history of environmental legislation in this country has been long. Environmental legislation is found in so many Acts. There is the Wildlife Act, the Forestry Act, the Fisheries Act, the Water Act and the Agricultural Act, just to mention a few. There are so many of them and any legislation touching on environment we must be very careful. It must ensure that there is no antagonism. It must be harmonized to bring on board all those legislations that deal with matters of environment. The Environmental Management and Co-ordination Act of 1999 has been the most comprehensive environmental legislation in our history. However, it has only fallen short of two things which I must recognize and has been noticed in the current amendment. It went short of not mentioning and recognizing climate change. I am happy that this amendment has brought on board the aspect of climate change. It further went and recognized the right to clean and healthy environment, which is in consonance with our Constitution. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, the amended Act further goes ahead and brings on board new measures to monitor and control air quality, noise, pesticides, toxic substances, monitoring and radiation. Those are new issues that we must support and are developments in the right step. Furthermore, the Environmental Management and Co- ordination (Amendment) Act recognizes devolution and has devolved action plans from the national Government to the counties. I am sure action plans are being developed through participatory means where all stakeholders contribute. If we will be developing comprehensive action plans and implement them, then that means we will integrate environmental management and manage them in a more holistic manner than it was previously. 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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