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    "id": 836359,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Ijara, PDR",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Sophia Noor",
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        "legal_name": "Sophia Abdi Noor",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for allowing me to second this important Report. I want to start with the issue you touched on, particularly the samples that we collected and were not tested anywhere. We were frustrated. We felt that all the work we had invested a lot in went to waste. You have seen the kind of details that are in it. But, unfortunately, we were not able to test the samples. The Committee undertook an inquiry into a complaint on environmental pollution by LDK Limited. The objectives of the inquiry were to establish the extent of environmental pollution by LDK Limited and, therefore, to recommend measures that would ensure environmental protection, conservation and mitigation for the benefit of all Kenyans. Erdemann Property Limited, a representative of residents and workers in Great Wall Garden estates located in Athi River, through a letter dated 22nd January 2018 to NEMA, raised issues regarding environmental pollution by LDK Limited which was negatively affecting the lives of residents of the larger Athi River. The letter was copied to the Departmental Committee on Environment and Natural Resources. The residents of Great Wall Garden Estate requested NEMA to thoroughly investigate LDK Limited on issues of both air and water pollution. Before this, NEMA, through a letter dated 6th February 2017, had written to LDK Limited ordering a closure of the company pursuant to Section 3 of Part II of the Environmental Management and Co-ordination Act (Cap. 387). This was after the company failed to comply with the improvement order issued to them dated 6th May 2016, followed by another one of 21st July 2016 and, finally, another one of 8th September 2016. When they failed to improve on the standards and quality put in place by NEMA, there was a closure order on 6th February 2018. Despite the order issued by NEMA, LDK Limited were yet to reduce environmental pollution a year later. Then EPL took up the issue and wrote a letter which came to the attention of the National Assembly through the Departmental Committee on Environment and Natural Resources. The Committee thereafter conducted an inquiry. It invited all the stakeholders and the people who matter, including EPL who brought the complaint, LDK Limited and NEMA. We also wrote a letter of invitation to the Ministry of Lands and Physical Planning and the Ministry of Forestry seeking policy direction. The Committee equally wrote to those ministries reviewing both oral and written submissions from various stakeholders. It made the following observations:"
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