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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Musila",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister, Ministry of State for Defence",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "David Musila",
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    "content": " Thank you Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this important Motion. On the outset, I would like to say that I wholly support the Motion. This Ministry should be accorded funds. I know we have come a long way in matters of environment. I want to commend the Minister for the manner in which he has carried out his work. We have just finished commending the Minister for Water and Irrigation for the manner in which she has carried out her work. I want to say that this is another Minister, hon. Michuki, who takes his work very seriously. We have already seen a lot of change in that Ministry. I think this House will join me in commending him. I was joking with the new Minister for Transport who has just arrived. I was telling him to take over from where Mr. Michuki left. Mr. Michuki is being seriously missed in the Ministry of Transport. Having said that, I want to commend the Minister and his officials for rehabilitating the Nairobi River. When the Minister took over, it was said that we will be able to swim in the Nairobi River and we thought he was joking. I took a stroll along that river and I want to confirm that, in fact, if you wish, you can swim in the Nairobi River. I saw some fish. Initially, I thought they were stones. I could not believe that, indeed, we have fish in the Nairobi River. Let me also commend the Ministry, particularly, the Meteorological Department. It has been fairly accurate about the weather forecasting. It has warned us about heavy rains. It has frequently warned farmers on what to expect. Only yesterday, I saw them do a great job in the Indian Ocean. They were warning fishermen against going to the sea because of the monsoon winds that are affecting the fishermen. I think that is commendable. We should go further and procure the latest equipment in weather forecasting. That is the only way we will avoid disasters and earthquakes. We will be warning our population beforehand so that this country can move forward, along with other nations of the world. There are very many areas of this Ministry that I would like to comment about. However, let me take a few minutes to talk about the National Environment Management Authority (NEMA). The NEMA is a very important institution. Just like other departments, we have seen some good work coming out of NEMA. However, I think there is more to be done. We have seen NEMA approving some projects in areas where I think they should not. We have seen NEMA approving some projects in water catchment areas and wetlands. The public is confused whether, indeed, professionalism is being applied in that institution. I would like to urge the Minister to get involved with NEMA so that, that important institution can have the credibility that is so vital."
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