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A Senate committee to investigate the collapse of the Solai Dam yesterday rejected the recommendations of the Environmental Agency
The committee is chaired by Senator Makueni Mutula Kilonzo Jnr. He said that the report of the National Environmental Management Authority is defective. Section 108 of the Environmental Management and Conservation Act provides Nema with the power to issue and render service to any person an environmental remedial order and requires the person to whom it serves to restore the environment. Environment in its original state.
The committee met Environment CS Keriako Tobiko at the Parliament Buildings, ordering him to ensure that Nema draws new orders in accordance with the legal guidelines and submits them in seven days
"Nema chose to" issue order with the words without prejudice on it.As a lawyer, you know that it means that as long as Nema negotiates with the owners of the dam, nothing is binding.L & 39%, & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; 39 order is ambiguous, "said Mutula.
Senators included Ledama ole Kina and Sylvia Kbadanga. The committee added that the orders were too lenient. Members asked why Nema did not include details of the victims and who should be compensated.
Tobiko appeared before the committee to shed light on the May 9 disaster that killed 47 people after the dam erupted. Hundreds of families have been displaced.
The CS said that Nema had not consulted him and that he had been involved, the order would have been different. Tobiko said that he was unaware of the plans by Patel Dam owners to compensate the victims. "If that's true then this constitutes very clear attempts to impede justice."
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