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    "id": 1186473,
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    "speaker_name": "Moiben, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Phylis Bartoo",
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    "content": "people to be convinced that they need to create space in their small pieces of land to plant trees. Doing so along our highways is very important. In Moiben, we have started an initiative called “Adopt a Forest’ in every school. We are hoping that at least every student and every teacher will plant an indigenous tree and take care of it until it is mature. That way, we will have several forests. We were looking at a scenario where in Moiben alone we will have almost a million trees every year. That will go a long way in improving the environment, taking into account the importance of trees. This reminds me of the old days when we were young. We were told in school that if you cut one tree, you plant two. The Motion we are debating now is equivalent to going back to those good old days when everywhere was a forest. The opposite is true now because of greed and the fact that we are not taking care of our forests. We are also not looking after our environment. That is why we are fighting climate change and the consequences that come with it. I urge all the Members of this House to rally behind this Motion. We have a kitty in the NG-CDF for the environment. It is not about where we will get the resources from to do this but the willpower in us to put it in practice. By so doing, our highways will be beautiful. As you drive along our highways in Nairobi currently, you notice that we have been planting flowers, which most of the time were getting destroyed. It was an exercise in futility since flowers get destroyed very easily. Whenever new leadership gets into office, they decide to plant different trees and do away with the existing ones. It is a very good initiative. Sometime back, when the Nairobi Expressway was being constructed, there was a tree in Westlands next to Naivas Supermarket. I think it was the oldest tree in Kenya. It was so scary that the tree was going to be cut down. Fortunately, the designers of the road decided to redirect the road and the tree survived. We look forward to having many of those kinds of trees along our highways. We cannot belabour the point on the importance of trees, which we all know. I imagine that if we had beautiful trees along all our highways, our environment would be good with immeasurable benefits. Hon. Temporary Speaker, there is no shortage of tree seedlings in the country. I am sure the nation is ready. A tree planting programme will create jobs for the youth, women and men. People will have an activity to engage in and get an income to take home. This initiative has come at the right time when the Kenya Kwanza Government, through the initiative of our President, is planning to have trees planted and converting the Kazi Mtaani initiative into a tree planting exercise. It is not enough for the youth involved in Kazi Mtaani to sweep the streets, dig trenches or cut grass. It will be very fruitful if they are involved in an exercise that is real. They will be planting trees which will bring change in the livelihood of human beings, animals and all other species of the earth. I thank you Hon. Temporary Speaker."
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