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    "id": 812186,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/812186/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Prof.) Ekal",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13226,
        "legal_name": "Malachy Charles Ekal Imana",
        "slug": "malachy-charles-ekal-imana"
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    "content": "It is sad our country has gone to this level. Riparian land should not be developed. It is land that nature uses to filter our waterways and keep it clean. However, it is sad people who are supposed to take care of it, are the same ones who are corruptly allowing development on it. People are investing their money on it and putting up buildings, houses and shops because they have been given approval by the relevant authorities. A few months later, the same agencies drive tractors to demolish those buildings. How heart-breaking it is because they believed everything was in order! These are some of the things we need to take seriously. Something must be done to stop this. Somebody has been given the responsibility to make sure that grabbing of and building on riparian land stops forthwith. Riparian lands are important. They are not only important for those who build or grab it, but for all of us. It is a social resource for all of us. Nature has given it to us to keep our waterways clean. I am calling upon the Committee responsible for this issue to put its mind on this matter and establish what happened. We want them to come up with a lasting solution to stop this kind of thing happening again."
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