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    "id": 650471,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/650471/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Kivuti",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 55,
        "legal_name": "Lenny Maxwell Kivuti",
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    "content": "West Pokot County. I know there is no East or North Pokot. Sen. (Prof.) Lonyangapuo requested for this Statement concerning the construction of a cement plant in West Pokot County. My Committee wrote to the Cabinet Secretary (CS) for Environment and Natural Resources and they said that this project is actually a private investor project but not a Government project. Nonetheless, the Government controls whatever private investors come to do in Kenya. The Ministry requested for the information that was sought for from the private company. The response was as follows:- The construction did not stall as such, but rather slowed down because of delays in issuance of requisite licenses, land title deed, approvals, consent letters, mining rights and no objection, among others, that were needed before the investors could move on with the project. Below is a list indicating that the majority of the documents were obtained after June, 2010, with the latest being EIA License dated 17th October, 2014, issued by the National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) for Cemtech’s Staff Housing Estate. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I should have clarified earlier that the Senate sought information on whether the Ministry is aware that in June, 2010, the then Prime Minister of Kenya launched the construction of Pokot Cement Plant in West Pokot County. This answer is in response to that. The list of licenses, consents, approvals, land title deed, mining rights"
}