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    "id": 1191869,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1191869/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Molo, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kimani Kuria",
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    "content": "The other challenge one might bring up against planting trees on highways is how trees affect visibility of drivers. But with proper planning, there is no issue. There are trees that do not grow so tall. And we do not need to plant trees on corners. If the plan is done properly, we are going to have trees on our highways and mitigate against the negative effects of climate change; and we are going to achieve better tree cover. Once the trees mature, they become a source of income and raw materials for construction and the affordable housing agenda. I want to add value to this Motion by proposing that we plant fruit trees. Imagine how good it would be, walking along a highway and you find a mango to munch and cool down your temperature. It will also help us to mitigate against the effects of the drought we are facing in the country. I hope that once the students from Arimi Mixed Day Secondary School, Sokoro Girls Secondary School and Molo Highway Secondary School – who visited us today – go back, we are going to see an improvement in the number of trees they plant in those schools. I will donate fruits trees. Those who will join the schools in a few years will have better shades to sit under when revising for their exams. When they are hungry, they will just pick fruits and enjoy their afternoon. With those remarks, I congratulate Hon. KJ for this timely Motion. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker."
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