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    "id": 701758,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/701758/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Dr.) Ottichilo",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Wilber Ottichilo Khasilwa",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to comment on the Petition by Hon. Manje, the Member of Parliament for Kajiado North. That Petition is very important, not only for Kajiado North but for the entire country. Throughout the whole country, our rivers are being polluted by waste from various sources like factories and homes. At the rate we are going, this country is going to run out of clean and portable water. This Petition is very important and I believe the Departmental Committee on Environmental and Natural Resources, where I belong, will work on it and also look at other problems, like in Athi River. We already have a Petition by Hon. Mwangangi on Athi River, which has the same problem. Go anywhere in this country, all our rivers are being polluted. With drought and climate change, we are in for a big problem and if there are going to be any wars in this country, they will be fought over water. Therefore, it is important for this Petition to be dealt with. Lastly, The National Environment Management Authority (NEMA), which has been given authority to ensure that our environment and water are clean, is sleeping on the job and something must be done to make NEMA become functional and do the work that it was supposed to do. Thank you and I support this Petition."
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