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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Omulele",
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        "legal_name": "Christopher Omulele",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. Everybody here seems to suggest that I come from Rwanda. I am a Member for Luanda Constituency in Vihiga County. My elder brother, Hon. (Dr.) Ottichilo, the owner of this Motion donated his constituency so that I can come to this House. That is because Luanda was initially part of Emuhaya. I rise to support this important Motion. We have destroyed our environment at an alarming rate. The earth is only one and it has been here for many years. In the recent past, we have created a layer on the surface of the earth which is totally destructive to our environment. This is ironical considering that we are interested in living and procreating to fill this earth for many years. The advent of plastic and paper bag in our socio-economic lives has rendered havoc to our environment. Along our highways and roads, our trees are being chopped on an hourly basis. We are throwing papers out of our cars and buses by disposing them carelessly and you realise that we are killing our country. It is time we rise up and stop that. We must stop this menace and hazard. Otherwise, our coming generations will have no country to speak of. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I look at this proposal as a first step towards saving our environment; coming from someone who is well endowed in the field of climate change and environment preservation. It is a cry to our leadership and Executive to rise up and do what Rwanda is doing. It is a beautiful site when you travel across the breadth and length of Rwanda. It is a green and a beautiful country. Last December when I was in Rwanda, I was told that if you are travelling and you throw out a banana peel or a bottle and it happens that President Kagame is right behind you, he will stop to collect it and dispose it off properly. He will then advise you that it should not happen again. We must also do so to preserve our environment. As a child, I used to walk on village paths of Luanda in Emuhaya and the whole environment was nice and green. But today, I only see dust, dying trees and vegetation, and I worry about what I will tell my children and grandchildren. This is the first step. I support this Motion wholeheartedly. I hope that we shall pass this Motion and go ahead to make it a Bill so that we can start taking care of our environment in a way it deserves."
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