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    "content": "to create a new offence of submitting environmental impact assessment reports or environmental audit reports, which one knows are either false or misleading. There has been a lot of collusion between experts and people engaged in development activities to prepare Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) reports or Environmental Audit Assessment (EAA) reports which are misleading and sometimes false. Under the proposed legislation, it is an offence for any person who submits a report – whether EIA or EAA reports – which that person knows is either false or misleading. The penalty is a maximum of three years in prison, a maximum of Kshs5 million fine or both. Finally, Mr. Speaker, Sir, in Section 71, the National Environmental Tribunal is strengthened so that, as I have said earlier, it can perform the roles which were being performed previously by both the Tribunal and the Public Complaints Committee. The Bill is quite voluminous, but I have tried to do justice by highlighting what I consider the key aspects of that Bill. I hope that through this Second Reading, hon. Senators will debate and enrich this amendment Bill. As I have said, this is necessary if we have to give effect to the new Constitution and the devolved system of Government. Mr. Speaker, Sir, for those reasons and many other reasons that are outlined in the memorandum of objects, I beg to move that the Environmental Management and Co- ordination (Amendment) Bill (National Assembly Bill No. 31 of 2014) be read a Second Time. I have seen my counterpart, the Senate Minority Leader just coming in, but I request his ally, the Senator for Kakamega County, Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale, who has been taking notes, to second this Motion. Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir."
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