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    "id": 836353,
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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": "environmental protection and mitigation within the period of six months as directed in this Report. 4. The Ministry of Lands and Physical Planning should intensify the capacity building activities to counties and regularly monitor and evaluate progress on the extent of adherence to policies by the county governments. 5. The County Government of Machakos should: (i) Create a master plan for land use in the Athi River area to avoid the mixed user status of land which, in the first place, generated the environmental pollution conflict. (ii) The Machakos County Government to ascertain whether due process was followed during the processing and approval of the applications submitted by London Distillers (Kenya) Limited and the Great Wall Estate before their construction. If the process was not properly followed, the officer directly involved in approving the change of user status of the parcel of land occupied by EPL’s Great Wall Garden project should be held culpable; and, (iii)Machakos County Government should prepare a zoning plan to guide development within the area which is developing very fast. It should enforce strict adherence to the zoning plan. Finally, the Committee recommends that the Ministry of Environment and Forestry should: (i) Ensure that an environmental audit is undertaken by a NEMA-certified independent legal expert to confirm and recommend mitigation measures regarding the complaints raised by residents of Athi River. The audit report should be submitted to the National Assembly within 60 days of the adoption of this Report by the House; (ii) Ensure that a report is submitted to the National Assembly detailing progress made by NEMA and by extension LDK Limited in complying with recommendations of this Report within 60 days of its adoption by this august House; and, (iii)Cause closure and/or relocation of LDK Limited Athi River factory at their own cost in case they fail to implement recommendation (2) within six months. With those many remarks, I beg to move and request Hon. Sophia Abdi Noor, the Vice- Chairperson of the Environment Committee, to second this Report. I thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker."
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