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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wangari",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I rise to support this Bill right from the beginning. I want to assure Sen. Murkomen that even when the Chair of this Committee is not there, he is ably represented. These are issues that we have canvassed in the Committee and we will be sure to move amendments at the Committee Stage. Article 42 of the Constitution gives the right to clean and healthy environment including that the environment be protected for the benefit of the present and future generations through legislative and other measures. That said, it then takes us to where we are right now because as you know this has a constitutional deadline in terms of aligning it to the Constitution, but as has been said before, this should not be the only motive why we are moving this Bill. I also concur with the sentiments made by Sen. Musila. I have said it here before that in this country our problem is not the papers or laws. We have very many progressive laws on paper but the problem is the implementation. We also have very The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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