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    "id": 973283,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wamatangi",
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        "legal_name": "Paul Kimani Wamatangi",
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    "content": "These guys are threatening not only the wellbeing of Kenyans by depriving them of livelihoods where they are employed, but even of fairness and unconstitutionality. One of these fine days, I would love to get the opportunity to move that this House look at some of the misdeeds of NEMA. How can they explain such actions like they have taken in Nandi to close a factory? In my neighborhood, they would come and demolish a building in Kileleshwa and leave another one on the opposite side of the river coming up. How is that possible? There is no explanation. Look at what they did at Nairobi West along the Mbagathi Roundabout. They demolished a building worth millions of shillings, but on the other side, a similar building is coming up. Now, the one that they left is higher than the one they demolished. This House and leadership must speak about these misdeeds by NEMA. The other day in Thika, can you imagine a multi million investment by a Kenyan was disabled by police officers who took away machines in pretext that the owner had not paid taxes. I asked them who dismembered the plant and took the machines to the police station. I wondered whether they will continue manufacturing what he was manufacturing to recover the unpaid taxes. This is something that this House must speak about. I want to congratulate the Senator for Nandi for bringing such a matter to this House because we need to ensure that when power is given to State agencies, they do not misuse it the way NEMA and other agencies are doing. Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir."
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