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"content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. May I start by thanking the Committee and the Chairman for the Report that has been presented to us. Secondly, as a medical doctor, it is very unfortunate to see some of the findings in the Report. Some of the things that we have read in the Report, from a medical point of view, cannot be equated to the profits, taxes or the revenue the LDKL is giving the Government. Currently, in the world, you even know from your own constituency, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, death has become very common. Long time ago when we were young, you would find that somebody has been sick for weeks and months before we eventually lost him or her. These days, sickness strikes people one day and in two days, we are preparing to bury them. As a country and as a medical doctor, there are many contributing factors. Definitely, issues to do with the environment have a very big contributing component to people dying. The impunity that LDKL shows is the impunity that has creeped into this country. Many of the companies, and probably because they have godfathers somewhere, when recommendations are put before them, tend to ignore. I would like to ask the Committee on Implementation to give us feedback six months from the date we pass this Report, so that we can fight some of these levels of impunity that are choking this country. We have seen what is happening in the world because of global warming. We saw the kind of destruction the other day where in a small island, a week later, they are still seeping through debris to retrieve people who died because of hurricanes. Kenya cannot pretend that these issues will not catch up with us. Finally, I would like to end by saying that we must call NEMA to account. If need be, the Committee can come up with amendments, a restructuring or whatever you want to call it, of this thing or ‘animal’ called NEMA, so that it can do the job it is meant to do. Sometimes when you read these reports, you will think they were a gatekeeper to this company. Again, there is an issue that is going on in this country. We seem to be closing our eyes and ears. I would like to ask the Committee to really look into the issue of coal. We are having coal. We hear that we are going to start preparing coal energy from Lamu, Kitui and other places. The world is running away from coal. We cannot be the people going towards coal. I ask the Committee to be proactive. Let us not allow coal, even if it is the question of profits or whatever, because of environmental issues. For God’s sake, let us not allow coal to be mined in this country. Let us listen to the experts telling us it will bring more harm than good. Again, I throw that to the Committee. I am sure the Chairman of the Committee is able to tackle the issue of coal. I ask you, my friend, that we look into it on a very serious note as we look at the whole issue of NEMA and the environment in this country. I support the Report hoping and praying that it will be implemented in its totality."
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