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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Abdalla",
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        "legal_name": "Amina Ali Abdalla",
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    "content": "process should go on? Much as this policy has been under development for long, it does not take into account the fact that wetlands are being explored for oil, gas and other minerals. Also, this House just dealt with a very sensitive petition regarding sand drenching at the Coast. The policy seems not to have identified the drenching and harvesting of sand in rivers, oceans and other wetlands as a concern. The other concern is that research, creation of awareness and education on wetlands has not been addressed. In the interest of time, the Committee recommends that this House adopts the Sessional Paper. The Committee also recommends that the Ministry includes the issues we have highlighted as having been left out in the next draft policy. The Ministry has also left out the question of restoration. This is something we deal with on a daily basis. Stakeholders are asking where the money they pay to WARMA for extracting water from the rivers go to. Who funds the rehabilitation of the wetland so that it is able to regenerate itself? Should there be a fund that addresses that or would it be an extra tax to the persons extracting water so that the cost of restoring wetlands is included? The issue of institutional arrangement and the variety of stakeholders that need to be included should be looked at. Over and above the issues we have highlighted that need to be added, we still feel that this Sessional Paper is good and we urge the House to pass it. With those remarks, I would like to ask my colleague in the Committee, Hon. Mwiti Irea, to second."
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