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    "id": 615493,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/615493/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Wetangula",
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        "legal_name": "Timothy Wanyonyi Wetangula",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I also wish to support this Sessional Paper. There is problem in this country because we pass and adopt beautiful policies and legislations, but we fail to implement them. Not long ago, I had brought up a question to the CS for Environment, Water and Natural Resource requesting for a statement on a wetland in my constituency along Peponi Road. There was a developer who had been licensed to develop that piece of land. I was surprised when the CS turned up and defended the developer armed with approvals from institutions like NEMA. However, we had to use our other means to stop the developer. It just shows that there is no seriousness in implementing some of these beautiful legislations because the institutions that we have are failing us. They are busy chasing other small things. They are not conserving the environment. We need to be serious to preserve and conserve the environment. The late Prof. Wangari Maathai single-handedly fought to preserve Uhuru Park. Even the place that I am talking about, she is the one who had stopped that very developer. Surprisingly, the developer is a church goer. We have been wondering why any serious Government would license development that would cause wanton destruction of our environment. We must learn to preserve our environment. If we do not, it is very dangerous for us now and for the future generations."
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