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    "id": 612260,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Abdalla",
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        "legal_name": "Amina Ali Abdalla",
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    "content": "I mentioned the extractive sector because that is the one that we have put in the Bill, but the regulation is going to cover all sectors. There is the issue of Owino Uhuru Slums where there was lead poisoning. We cannot get money from the investor to rehabilitate that area because he did not put a rehabilitation bond. If he had done it, the Government would not have to foot that bill. So, I am happy that, that has been covered by his Bill. This Bill then goes to all the sectors that are natural-resource related and say what they should do. What I am happy about is that some of the challenges have been put in the draft Bill. For example, this afternoon, we will be discussing the draft Forest Conservation and Management Bill. This Bill says that they are going to ensure that they have a strategy to meet the 10 per cent forest cover. The Bill as it is does not have that strategy. When we questioned them and said they need to bring that, it looked like it was our idea, but basically their policy states that. This policy is giving us a blueprint from which to judge whether their sessional papers are talk shop or they really mean what they say. If Ministries produce legislative proposals that inculcate what they have in this Sessional Paper, we will be moving forward. Since my time was up and you indulged me, I want to take this opportunity to urge the House to pass this Motion, unlike the first one that might have been overtaken by events. This Sessional Paper is well done. It will serve as yardstick for us as a House when reviewing the legislation pertaining to environment. With those remarks I would like to again, with pleasure and a lot of gratitude, urge my colleague, Hon. Chachu Ganya, Member for North Horr to second. Thank you."
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