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    "id": 863875,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Eng.) Maina",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Ephraim Mwangi Maina",
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    "content": "can wake up and do as they wish irrespective of what their people think about their actions, is wrong. First of all, they have spent Kshs100 million. They are planning to spend another Kshs200 million. That in itself is “condemnable” because the people for Kisumu have more urgent things that could be done with that money. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, Secondly, this kind of behaviour of degrading our environment without recourse to any law of conscience must never be tolerated. This matter should be expedited so as to stop this environmental degradation. Kajulu is in Kisumu Town where we have the biggest fresh water lake. We expect it to be kept clean and not to see the kind of things that we are witnessing. One might ask a question; who are the people who dug this quarry for it is said in the Petition that it looks like a quarry ground. One of the requirements that one has to meet when digging a quarry or anything is that they are to leave the area the way it was before they started digging. It is a requirement in law. Nowadays, our management bodies such as Water Resources Management Authority (WRMA) and National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) just wake up one day and say that; „your house is next to a river and it should be demolished,‟ when we all know what has happened. They do this yet they are the ones who looked the other way when such things were happening and we know that they did so because they were “treated nicely”. This Petition should be expedited and be taken to the Committee and as our learned friend, Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr. has said; let it not be left to expire. Use your powers to see that this is expedited. This is not just happening in Kisumu or Kajulu. It is happening all over the country. The Committee should actually make an overriding recommendation for the whole country."
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