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    "id": 1033025,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1033025/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mavoko, WDM-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Patrick Makau",
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        "legal_name": "Patrick Makau King'ola",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. When I look at the climatic change of this globe, it is indeed very worrying. When we were young, we used to see forests and rains came in two seasons yearly. Hon. Speaker, if we allow the demarcation of forests, then we are inviting a hostile climate. So, I would not allow anybody to think of demarcating forests for human settlements. How I wish all the forests that we had are still there. If I look at the hills, sometimes before 1990, those hills up to a certain height used to belong to the Government. To date, you see every hill with maisonettes, big homes and hotels on top. I think we should correct that. In fact, our Environment Act states that anybody dwelling or destroying forests for domestic or business reasons must be discouraged. Hon. Speaker, looking at Marsabit in North Eastern, it is a semi-arid area. The more we deplete the forest, the more desertification is encouraged. I think it is important for Kenyans to know it is not about having huge chunks of land to occupy. But we should look at a way of having arable land that is good for agriculture and conserve as much as possible. I oppose that Petition because I want more afforestation in our nation. Thank you, Hon. Speaker."
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