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"speaker_name": "Kesses, UDA",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Julius Rutto",
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"content": " Thank you so much, Hon. Speaker, for this opportunity to present the Petition on safeguarding the economic and social welfare of communities living next to the forest. I, the undersigned on behalf of forest communities and forest associations across the country draw the attention of the House to the following: THAT, Article 60(1)(e) of the Constitution of Kenya provides that land in Kenya shall be held, used and managed in a manner that is equitable, efficient, productive, sustainable and in accordance with the principles of sustainable and productive management of land; THAT, further, Article 69 obligates the State to ensure sustainable exploitation, utilisation, management and conservation of the environment and the natural resources, ensure equitable sharing of the accruing benefits in the management, protection and conservation of the environment and to utilise the environment and natural resource for the benefit of the people of Kenya; THAT, on its part, Section 2 of the Forest Conservation and Management Act 2016, recognises a forest community as a group of persons who have traditional association with a forest for the purpose of livelihood, culture or religion; THAT, further Section 8 of the Act obligates Kenya Forest Service to assist in preparation of management plans for community forest, to establish and implement benefit sharing arrangements to promote forestry, education and training, to manage water catchment areas in collaboration with the relevant stakeholders, to approve provision of credit facilities and technical training for the community-based forest industries and to approve provision of the incentives to persons for the sustainable utilisation of wood and non-wood forest products; THAT, Section 49 of the said Act calls for the Kenya Forest Service to confer various forest users’ rights to forest associations including collection of medical herbs, harvesting of honey, harvesting of timber or fuel wood, grass harvesting, grazing, collection of forest products for community-based industries, plantation establishment through non- resident cultivation and development of community wood and non-wood forest-based industries; THAT, contrary to these provisions, the Kenya Forest Service has repeatedly ignored the work and welfare of the forest communities and forest associations such as those in Kiptega/Teldet, Kitingia, Muchorwei/ Kamugubi, Kipkorosho/Kaptumo, Ndungulu, Cherus/Kapchorua, Kabilat/Kapsundei, Chirchir/Shamba Mpya, Koriomat and Barakeiwo area The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for informationpurposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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