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    "id": 1184010,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1184010/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Marakwet East, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kangogo Bowen",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I want to comment on the Petition by the Member of Parliament for Kesses on the issue of forests. Some of us come from constituencies which border forests. If you go round those communities, you will find that the communities have been living in those forests for many years. However, since the formation of KFS, the forests have been depleted because the most corrupt KFS officers are the ones who are actually harvesting even the indigenous trees. When the KFS are harvesting these trees, they do not do public participation. Some contractors from Nairobi are awarded contracts to cut down trees. They come to the community destroying rural roads and you will find that they harvest almost everything. I also want to support the Petition by Hon. Kawaya on the pollution of Athi River. Many industries in industrial area do not have proper waste management. It is upon NEMA and the Committee of this House to look into this issue. This is because we have seen many people downstream who are planting crops and the rivers are never utilised again. I support the Petition."
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