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"speaker_name": "Lang’ata, JP",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Nixon Korir",
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"content": "THAT, the Petition was subsequently committed to the Departmental Committee on Environment and Natural Resources for its consideration pursuant to Standing Order 227(1); THAT, further on 17th November, 2020, the Departmental Committee on Environment and Natural Resources, having considered the Petition, tabled a report pursuant to Standing Order 227(2) where it made various observations and recommendations. In particular, the Committee recommended that- “The law relating to declaration that a forest area shall cease to be a forest area with respect to the area of land upon which KMA Estate, Langata Gardens Estate, Langata View Estate, Shalom Estate, St Mary’s Hospital, Forest Edge View Estate, Langata Women’s Prison, the Police Dog Unit, Bomas of Kenya, Kenya Broadcasting Corporation, Wildlife Clubs of Kenya and International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE) should be complied with and the land should be excised pursuant to the provisions of Section 34 of the Forest Conservation and Management Act, Act No. 34 of 2016 to support the realisation of the National Government’s Big four Agenda on Housing and stop further encroachment of Ngong Road Forest through the practice of allocation and subsequent surrender of land between Government Departments, under paragraph 161 of the aforementioned Report.” THAT, in view of the foregoing, this Petition finds its basis on the Report of the Departmental Committee on Environment and Natural Resources in seeking to implement the recommendations contained in its report tabled on 17th November, 2020; THAT Section 34(1) of the Forest Conservation and Management Act No. 34 of 2016 provides that “any person may petition the National Assembly, for the variation of boundaries of a public forest or the revocation of the registration of a public forest or a portion of a public forest.” THAT, we therefore seek to petition the House for the variation of the boundaries of the Ngong Road Forest pursuant to Section 34(1) of the Forest Conservation and Management Act, 2016; THAT, additionally, recognizing the requirements of Section 34(2) of the Forest Conservation and Management Act, 2016, we aver that the variation of the boundaries of the proposed area of Ngong Road Forest shall not endanger any rare, threatened or endangered species, adversely affect its value as a water catchment area, prejudice biodiversity conservation, cultural site protection of the forest or its use for educational, recreational, health or research purposes; THAT, the residents have continuously engaged the Ministry of Environment and Forestry and the Kenya Forest Service and never received a response that was satisfactory; and, THAT, the matter presented in this Petition is not pending before any court of law, constitutional or legal body. Therefore, your humble petitioner prays: The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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