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    "id": 90424,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/90424/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Kajembe",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Environment and Mineral Resources",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 163,
        "legal_name": "Ramadhan Seif Kajembe",
        "slug": "ramadhan-kajembe"
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    "content": " Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) I am not aware that Naivasha Water and Sewerage Company (NWSC) is releasing raw sewage into lake Naivasha. The company treats waste water at its treatment plant before discharging it into the lake. However, my officers visited and inspected the plant on 4th December, 2009. After analyzing the findings of the inspection, the company was on 31st December, 2009, instructed to increase the capacity of the treatment plant with a view to reducing its overload. The company did not comply. Consequently, the National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) instituted legal proceedings against the company in March, 2010. The matter is still pending in a court of law. Further, we have passed information to the Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation with a request that the Ministry takes up the matter as a health issue, given the possible health consequences if the situation is allowed to continue. (b) My Ministry has developed the Lake Naivasha Management Plan, which will ensure sustainable management of the lake. However, the same is yet to be implemented due to a pending court case against it. On the compensation of the fishermen for loss of income, there is no evidence that they have been adversely affected in any way."
}