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    "id": 503356,
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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": "However, this amendment Bill has some shortcomings. It tends to confuse various Acts. In this House, we are already debating the Water Bill, the Mining Bill and the Climate Change Bill. Environment is the mother of all these legislations. I disagree with my colleague, hon. Waiganjo. This should have been the first Act to be debated and then all other piecemeal Acts that deal with water and those other small things should have followed. This should be the one that should inform anything to do with the environment. Currently, it is very much confusing how the Water Bill, the Mining Bill, the Climate Change Bill will be debated at the same time with the Environmental Management and Co-ordination (Amendment) Bill. There is some confusion on the aspects of monitoring water quality. The same functions are in the Water Bill that is being discussed. So, you will see there is some overlap in the two pieces of legislation on how to manage water. There is the Water Services Regulatory Authority which is being espoused within the Water Bill and in the Act; there is some work to do with quality control and standards which affect the same sector. So, there is a bit of confusion. Do we take the Environmental Management and Co-ordination (Amendment) Bill as the source of authority or the Water Bill? I am sure these are things for us to harmonize. The same issues are in the Mining Bill and many others have not yet been exhausted. However, I believe the development of a strong complaints tribunal is welcome though I believe it should be strengthened further. Right now in northern Kenya, there is the development of many resources. There is so much prospecting going on and already, there is a glut of cases as to whether pastoralist communities can be brought on board in the exploration of those resources. The one in mind is the one touching on Badada in Wajir County where the host community has gone to court trying to engage the company and the Government for disregarding the rights of pastoralist communities. The tribunal is, therefore, welcome and I believe it should be strengthened to make sure that communal land, which is always prone to abuse, is safeguarded. Pastoralists being vulnerable due to climate change, if not protected, will further be marginalized by those big multi-national companies who are driven by profits at the expense of pastoralist communities livelihoods. With those few remarks, I support."
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