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    "id": 562209,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/562209/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen.(Prof.) Anyang'-Nyong'o",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 193,
        "legal_name": "Peter Anyang' Nyong'o",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the issue that the Senator for Makueni has raised with regards to his county and the response that my colleague, the Vice Chairman of the Committee on Lands and Natural Resources has given, gives us an opportunity to raise very fundamental issues on the environment. If you look at the Fourth Schedule, you will find that looking after the environment is a shared function between the national Government and the county governments, water is entirely in the hands of the county governments. I do not know how the environmental protection agency NEMA will function, given these constitutional provisions. Because of this lacuna, people are doing all kinds of crazy things with the environment. You wonder whether there is NEMA or not. If you travel on Kiambu Road just after passing the Runda Estate entrance, you will find a huge shopping mall being built on a riparian area, on top of a river and it covers a huge area. If you pass there, you wonder who the hell did the environmental impact assessment for that project. There is a disaster in Langata because some time ago, somebody built on a river. When it rains, it floods and people cannot reach Langata. I see it in many other cities. One of the reasons our roads are being flooded is because---"
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