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    "id": 1007147,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Maara, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kareke Mbiuki",
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        "legal_name": "Japhet M. Kareke Mbiuki",
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    "content": "which we tabled in this House is very clear on the same. The CS did not go there. We only saw him resurface in Ngong the other day. It is extremely unfortunate that whatever is happening in Ngong may happen elsewhere. We have gazetted forests and seven water towers in the entire country. We want to call upon the CS to inform the country on all the areas he thinks Kenyans have encroached into. I come from the slopes of Mount Kenya, in particular Chogoria, and I do not know if I live in a gazetted forest. It is extremely unfortunate when a CS wakes up one morning, with all the arrogance you can talk about, and pronounces himself on these issues without following the law. It is incumbent upon this House to use the power bestowed on us when it comes to de-gazettement of forests. We have several petitions from Mount Elgon seeking to de-gazette areas which have already been inhabited. This House is still seized of the matter. I want to urge Members of this House to be patient so that we can establish the truth. Ngong Forest was established in 1932. We want to walk that journey from 1932 to date. I will table a Report in this House walking Kenyans through the entire journey. In case the process was not followed in terms of de-gazettment; for example, did this House sanction the de- gazettment of the forest or not? If it did not, who is going to be held liable? I request Hon. Members to be patient. The Departmental Committee on Environment and Natural Resources is seized of this particular matter and we are going to prosecute it meticulously. At the same time, I am in touch with the Cabinet Secretary for Tourism and Wildlife. We have requested him not to release wild animals. Wildlife is not under the mandate of Mr. Keriako Tobiko."
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