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    "id": 973176,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Olekina",
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        "legal_name": "Ledama Olekina",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. When it comes to tackling issues that affect the wananchi, these are some of the things that make me a proud Member of this House. It saddens me when I hear that there are over 3,000 employees and over 10,000 farmers who are now rendered jobless because of actions from NEMA that I consider selective. We have had serous issues with NEMA. When I sat in the Committee that was investigating the Solai Dam tragedy on a daily basis, NEMA failed Kenyans. When I see that NEMA does not give a hoot about young farmers, the boda boda, people who have small transport businesses and the mama mboga, who sell food to the people, it worries me. Today has been a very interesting day in this House because the first Petition dealt with people’s lives being affected. There is a time that I got in touch with NEMA on certain activities of people destroying the environment in Narok. The first response that I got was that they had decentralized their operations. When I hear that the order for the closure of Kibos Sugar Factory came from the headquarters then it is quite suspicious for me. I now believe it is true that it is a cartel and it is not being done because of the interest of the environment. Let us be honest; NEMA does not give a hoot about the environment. Where I live, a 100 metres away from my house, people are harvesting volcanic ash. When I call NEMA, they say they cannot come. We have to worry about the poor Kenyans who are on the streets. These are poor Kenyans who cannot supply their cane to a sugar factory because of two things. One, is the fact that NEMA has closed down the factory that has been supporting them. Secondly, because of the laws that govern the sugar industry like zoning, for example, if you are growing your cane in one area, you cannot sell it in another area. Mr. Speaker, Sir, these are matters which I would like to beseech you to move expeditiously to ensure that once you assign this task to the committees, action is taken immediately. This is because soon, we will have students going home because their parents cannot afford to pay school fees. Our people are dying because they cannot afford to pay medical bills since the economy they depend on has been destroyed."
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