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    "id": 836342,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Maara, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kareke Mbiuki",
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        "legal_name": "Japhet M. Kareke Mbiuki",
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    "content": "9. LDK also informed the committee that they had endured complaints from similar actors on the past and indicated to us that on 16th January 2006 and 3rd February 2006, EHS Resource Centre filed a complaint with public complaint committee PCC) on the environment and PCC had recommendation NO. 115/2006. 10. One of the findings and recommendations of PCC No.115/2006 was that Mavoko Municipal Council as it was then known should cease, in the absence of master development plan, granting individual change of user permits in areas where there is likely to be conflict where just permits are granted. 11. The Export Processing Zone Authority (EPZA) has a sewer line to which industries connect upon payment of a fee and observance of certain standards. The EPZA then directs its effluent in the sewer line to their final treatment plant before discharge into the enrolment. LDK also informed the Committee that on 6th February 2017, NEMA issued a closure order to LDK because, as they said, they had received complaints from public about environmental pollution. The letter referred to ground inspection carried out on 6th March 2016, 21st July 2016 and 8th September 2016. The letter alleged that LDK had failed to comply with the orders. NEMA subsequently wrote a letter of closure, but failed to disclose the fact that LDK had responded to the same on 19th May on the issues in May 2016 inspection letter. LDK also informed the Committee that they had made massive investments in this particular plant worth more than US$ 1 million in their solar energy in a bid to manage the carbon emissions. They concluded by telling us that industries world over emit effluent which, if not treated, can be harmful. LDK was aware of this and continued to work with the regulator to ensure that its activities were not harmful to the environment. The Committee on Environment and Natural Resources wrote a letter dated 11th April 2018 to the Ministry of Lands requesting for information on the policy on change of user, the interface between the Ministry and the county government in the implementation of the policy, possible solutions in the issues raised and policy direction and the best practices to be applied for similar cases across the country. In its response, the Ministry submitted as follows:"
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