Entry Instance

HTTP 200 OK
Allow: GET, PUT, PATCH, DELETE, HEAD, OPTIONS
Content-Type: application/json
Vary: Accept

{
    "id": 836442,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/836442/?format=api",
    "text_counter": 328,
    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Njoro, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Charity Chepkwony",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13452,
        "legal_name": "Charity Kathambi Chepkwony",
        "slug": "charity-kathambi-chepkwony-2"
    },
    "content": " Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, thank you very much for granting me this time. I beg my colleagues to give me some time to contribute as I support the adoption of this Report. My colleagues have said many things, which I am just adding to as I support. I want to emphasise the fact that any investor in this country should know that there is no room for pollution. The second point any kind of investor in this country should know is that the priority of Kenyans is clean and healthy environment. Therefore, I stand to support that the Committee did fantastic work. They did a lot of research. They took time to call the two players, namely, the people who were complaining and the organisation which was being accused. Having gone through the Report’s observations and conclusions, I would also like to mention strongly that NEMA should wake up. They should play their role of monitoring and oversight seriously and write reports. We have realised, through all these scenarios that we were expecting NEMA to take serious responsibility where we say prevention is better than cure. When you go through the story of the two companies, one company was started and later the second company came in to invest and the change of user took place. When all these things are taking place, NEMA is watching. Therefore, it is high time we strongly informed any investor in this country that we cannot allow them to pollute the environment and disturb the health of our people. They should be responsible when it comes to matters environment. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I still insist that NEMA must wake up and walk places in this country. We have realised that what is happening at Athi River between the two organisations might also be happening in other parts of this country. It is high time NEMA visited places in the entire country and came up with precautions in order to avoid the scenarios we are talking about. We must be careful about investors. We cannot allow a Government agency to be careless. We cannot also allow organisations to get into big loses because of their careless mistakes of not taking the right action at the right time. Listening to the complainants who included women, and being a female legislator, I really felt for them. When we talk of pollution, we should accept that the most vulnerable people are children and women. Therefore, our position will be that let every organisation be environmental conscious. Let us be careful with how we invest. Let us prioritise environmental matters. The NEMA should wake up. From here, I will be visiting their offices to ensure that they visit Njoro Constituency where there are many flower farms investors. There is a probability that many dams have been dug in my constituency. I will be following the matter up to ensure that my people are safe. Looking at what has been said of LDKL and the Great Wall investors, I realise there is a big lapse."
}