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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Abdalla",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Amina Ali Abdalla",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I beg to move the following Motion:- THAT, the Senate Amendments to the Environmental Management and Co-ordination (Amendment) Bill (National Assembly Bill No.31 of 2014) be now considered. Whereas we agree with some of the amendments proposed by the Senate, we have some major policy disagreements with the Senate on at least three of the clauses. We agree with the Senate on the amendment on Clause 8 because it is basically enriching the Bill. We, however, disagree on the amendment on Clause 10 in which they wish to replace the representative of the Attorney-General in the National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) Board with a representative of the Council of Governors (CoG). This is a fundamental amendment that we as a Committee feel should not be approved based on the reality that policy development is a national Government function. Should we agree with this amendment, we will be opening a Pandora’s box where the CoG will want to be represented in all national Government parastatals even those that are serving on matters relating to functions that are clearly stipulated to be functions of the national Government. Based on that, we disagree with the Senate’s proposed amendments on Clause 10 of the Bill. We agree with the Senate’s proposed amendments on Clause 12 because it is basically helping to make the Bill neater by dealing with a typographical error. We agree with the proposed amendments of the Senate on Clause 20(a). However, we disagree on 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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