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    "id": 836432,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Tharaka Nithi CWR, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Beatrice Nyaga",
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        "legal_name": "Beatrice Nkatha Nyaga",
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    "content": "Everybody is talking about NEMA. It has a responsibility. They are supposed to protect Kenyans by not only focussing on what is happening at Athi River where LDKL is based, but also in other places in the country. Pollution occurs everywhere in the country. If you walk for a kilometre from the city centre, you will realise that the environment is in a pathetic situation yet we pay NEMA. They are sleeping on their job. They need to wake up and do something. We have heard LDKL say that they pay a lot of taxes to the Government and employ many Kenyans. Does that give them leeway to harm Kenyans? That should not be case. The company makes a lot of money in terms of profits. So, it is supposed to protect the environment because at the end the day, Kenyans use a lot of money in hospitals. Mothers die and men have become impotent because of pollution. So, the company is supposed to do something. We cannot just sit and watch them do whatever they want. They are there to do their business and protect the lives of Kenyans. We are going to complain to NEMA as long as they are sleeping on their job. I have seen the Report that the Committee could not do some tests of the samples which they were given. It is very sad because this Committee is operating in this Parliament and Parliament is the Republic of Kenya. The NEMA should have paid for the testing of the samples. The Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources is supposed to assist the Committee to do their job. They need to work together. They need to support the Committee, so that we can protect Kenyans. I support the good Report. Thank you. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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