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    "id": 552778,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/552778/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Katoo",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 199,
        "legal_name": "Judah Katoo Ole-Metito",
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    "content": "I also want to talk about Clause 25; many Members who have contributed have talked about it. I agree with Hon. Bowen that NEMA has failed to some extent. The flooding incidents in Narok and Nairobi were all as a result of failure by NEMA. People have constructed buildings along the river beds and all the constructions have NEMA approval. I saw a very good Estate in Kericho County, which is earmarked for demolition after the public had been allowed to incur a lot of expenses. A lot of money has been put into that estate, and then NEMA has come out saying that it is built along a river bed. The owners have come out clearly saying that they got approval from NEMA before they constructed the estate. People are also farming on the riverbeds when NEMA is supposed to tell the public that they should be, at least, 50 metres away from river beds and wetlands. Those are NEMA failures. It is another form of corruption within some of our agencies. Clause 25 says that there should be county plans of environment. I appreciate that this clause provides for county assembly approval. Elected leaders in our counties will be looking at urban plans. They will also involve the communities at the grassroots as they come up with county approvals. This aims at protecting the environment. We need to agree with those four clauses, as mediated by the representatives of the two Houses of Parliament. With those remarks, I beg to support."
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