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    "id": 59321,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/59321/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Kingi",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Amason Jeffah Kingi",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, as a Ministry, we are concerned about the number of incidences where fish is losing lives. We have talked to NEMA because it is the Government agency mandated to enforce the environmental regulations. We indicated to them that we need to see a lot of vigilance as far as all the aquatic waters are concerned. Our aim is to eradicate situations where we are losing fish. In fact, we are not only losing fish in the national aquatic water bodies, but also in some of the ponds we are constructing in quite a number of constituencies. When it rains, harmful chemicals are drained into the ponds. We informed NEMA that they should not be preoccupied with punishing offenders; rather they should ensure that they educate the people living within and without the riparian areas so that they understand the dangers of using harmful pesticides. Again, the measures they put in place are not only for the benefit of the Government, but also the communities. We have, therefore, told them to change the manner in which they approach this problem. They need to bring in the community as a stakeholder as opposed to waiting for someone to commit an offence and then rein in on him."
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