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    "id": 612234,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/612234/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Chanzu",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 11,
        "legal_name": "Yusuf Kifuma Chanzu",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, this is a very important sessional paper. We know that ignorance is the worst enemy we could have in our midst. In order to achieve what we want to achieve there must be appropriate education. In this sessional paper on environmental degradation the role of education as a tool is very important. One of the aspects that were talked about was the role of NEMA. It was said that NEMA has spearheaded development of education for sustainable development. Most of the time, I hear about NEMA when we are talking about approvals for projects that we want to do. I do not know if NEMA understands the roles it is supposed to play. In this policy paper, those roles are coming out clearly. It is good for NEMA to take up its roles seriously, because I only hear of it when it comes to approvals. Realistically, they need to do much on the ground as they participate in these issues. I have not seen them do that. On the issue of education, there is need to sensitise our people on the impact or effect of the high rates of population. That is a very important thing and can only be done through education. We have to sensitise our people that these proportionate rates of population have got a very severe effect on the environment. So, we must control the level of population based on the resources that are available. The other aspect is the use of inappropriate technology. Because of poverty we do not get the right technology at the right time. We do right things but with wrong skills or tools. That has got a disastrous effect on the environment. The other thing that has been talked about is unsustainable consumption and production patterns. If you look at the way we do our farming in areas we need to do cultivation and farming, sometimes because of the sizes of the area we are supposed to cultivate and the activities that take place, we end up overdoing it. We overdo cultivation and in the process we cause a lot of harm to the environment. There is need for planning even if it is small-scale farming so that we can also allow the land on which we are ploughing to recuperate. There are so many aspects and can only be achieved through education. I support this Motion."
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