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    "id": 503371,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Gikaria",
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        "legal_name": "David Gikaria",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to give some input into this very important t Bill that has been brought by the Government. This just shows how the Jubilee Government is committed to devolution and to the rule of law. If you look at what happened when the Mover was moving this Bill, the question is whether we should have brought an amendment or whether we should have repealed the whole Bill. What hon. Duale did is in the right direction. This is a constitutional law that we needed to have and we extended time, so that we can debate it now. If we decide now to talk about the Water Bill or any other Bill, the consequences, as we have been advised by the Speaker, are grievous! We need to concentrate on discussing and passing the Bill. Hon. Duale put it very clearly that from here, the Bill will now go to the Senate because it affects counties. It will consume a lot of time and I totally agree with hon. Duale, that it looks a more technical Bill. Environmental issues used to be very technical and we never took seriously environmental issues in this country until the Act was put in place a few years ago. As hon. Duale has said, this Bill is here, so that the old Environmental Act can go in tandem with the current Constitution. He has made it clear that, as a Government, we want to uphold the Constitution that the President and ourselves here in Parliament swore to uphold and to do what we are required to do. I love the Bill because in my constituency, the only natural resource that we have, Lake Nakuru, is dying. It is dying because of people not adhering to the rule of law and environmental issues. The effluent from industries has driven all the flamingos from Lake Nakuru. We hope that with these amendments and, as hon. Katoo has made clear, the enforcement arm of the National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) will need to take action, so that we do not kill the only natural resources that are within some of these counties. We do not have any minerals except sand. The other day when we were passing the Mining Bill, the Committee that was in charge removed sand from being a natural resource. That is the only natural resource that we have. Again, if we kill the only natural resource that we have, it will be bad. The Menengai Crater is dead. I would not want it to erupt, but this law is good for us. 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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