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    "id": 571771,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wetangula",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Minority Leader",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 210,
        "legal_name": "Moses Masika Wetangula",
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    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, first, I thank Nairobi County Government. I noticed that in Westlands near the Westgate mall, it reclaimed a wetland that had been grabbed by, of all people, a church. It demolished the wall and built a beautiful boulevard through that wetland connecting Ali Mwanzi Road and Brookside. Mr. Speaker, Sir, that notwithstanding, you know that “Nairobi” is a Maasai name which means “a place of cool waters.” The Maasais used to graze everywhere. They brought their animals to Nairobi to drink cool waters. If you drive around Nairobi, you will see very many beautiful little streams. As I say this, we miss one man called John Njoroge Michuki who undertook to clean Nairobi River. Within three months, there was fish in the river. He had planted trees along the entire river line. Mr. Speaker, Sir, if the Chairman does not have the answer, I will urge him to cause the Governor for Nairobi County and the Minister for Environment to appear before the Committee of the Whole. Could he tell us what the Government’s - both national and county - blueprint is on environmental protection of all the wetlands of Nairobi, including the Nairobi Dam which used to have a fantastic sailing club? We used to go Nairobi Dam and fish. Fish would be fished from the dam and roasted there for you to eat. Today, we have a sorry sight. What is the blueprint, given the knowledge that Nairobi is the international capital of environment, being the headquarters of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and UN-Habitat? Could the Chairman confirm to the House that it will cause the Governor of Nairobi and the Cabinet Secretary for Environment to appear before the Committee of the Whole for further and better interrogation on this matter?"
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