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    "id": 93325,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. ole Ntimama",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister of State for National Heritage and Culture",
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        "legal_name": "William Ronkorua ole Ntimama",
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    "content": " Thank you very much, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I want to commend the Minister for Environment and Mineral Resources for a Vote well done and presented. My friend, hon. Michuki, is a man known by the people of this country and the world for being serious in his job and for being committed to doing the job that is given to him by the Government and the people of Kenya. The Nairobi River is one example. Nobody ever believed that the Nairobi River would be clean. He went in and did it. The most important one is the transport sector, especially the matatu industry which has been chaotic for years. He went on and did something. It is unfortunate that the matatu menace is coming back again. The Ministry of Environment and Mineral Resources has also been looking at river sources, in collaboration with the Ministry of Forestry and Wildlife and the Ministry of Water and Irrigation. I want to commend the Ministers because they have been doing their job in trying to preserve the environment; everyone in their own right. I still want to see rivers flowing from the great Mau Forest. They have not gone back to their normal levels because even today the forest is still being destroyed. Nothing has happened. I want to say this as a matter of truth. Something must be done to stop this chaotic situation. Human beings are now suffering just because a few people who are arrogant, who do not listen to anybody and who are used to impunity, are still going on destroying this very valuable piece of land, that serves everybody, not only in Kenya, but in Tanzania and further down. Something must be done through the collaboration of the three Ministries and the Prime Minister, so that we can see the end of these squabbling of the people who still want to remain in this very important area. We are now entering into a new dawn where people must be given their rights. People who have been messing up the laws of this country, namely, the land grabbers and the corrupt, must be fixed and be seen to be fixed. Otherwise, we will not be moving anywhere. Lastly, under the Ministry of Environment and Mineral Resources, we have a very important institution called NEMA. I want to repeat what hon. Musila has just said about NEMA. We have not been very happy with NEMA at all. Personally, I have not. Let me give you one example of a decision NEMA made in the Maasai Mara. All the experts went to NEMA and wrote to the Government and said that a certain area in the Maasai Mara must not be allocated to build lodges because it is a breeding area for Rhinos. Indeed, everybody accepted that fact. The NEMA accepted that situation and issued an order not to get this area developed as a lodge. But before we knew what was happening, there was a license from NEMA given to some people. Now the lodge is being built. The Rhinos have run across the border into Tanzania. We have lost ten to 15 black Rhinos because of a decision that was made by NEMA. I would like to tell the Minister that I am not against anybody, I am not a rumour monger and I know what is happening. The NEMA must be credible and must know what they are doing. They must act professionally. I think there will be a little change because we have just appointed a new Chairman, but I think we should look into everybody, including the executive officers. We now have a new Constitution, by which we want to clean this country and get rid of grabbers and robbers."
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