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    "id": 1191879,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Siaya County, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr) Christine Ombaka",
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    "content": " Thank you for getting it right. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for this opportunity. It is a wonderful thing to talk about environmental conservation; it is great to talk about environmental protection and tree planting. They give us life. As Mheshimiwa K.J presented this Bill, I saw a picture of trees all over along our highways. I have seen that kind of picture in a beautiful painting, and it is awesome. I can imagine what I saw as a picture translated into what is life; a highway with trees all over, and the way the road meanders. That is how the trees also meander along that particular road. If I remember my English very well, my teacher told me that such a road with trees all over is called a boulevard. A boulevard is beautiful. I think that is what this Bill is all about; creating and constructing boulevards, roads with trees all over. It is so calming. It is so fresh that you just want to walk and walk and enjoy the trees, which is what I think we lack today. The description he presented made me feel that we have lost so much in environmental protection. We should have thought of this a long time ago. If we look at the streets of Nairobi between Nairobi and the airport, you do not see trees. What you see is one concrete of a highway; a highway meandering in the air all the way to the airport. You can imagine trees planted alongside this concrete highway. What a beautiful sight that could be! It is so refreshing; it is so marvellous. It makes you feel like ‘this is Nairobi’ and it is beautiful. I think we lack that. It is so empty so far. What we see is nothing but houses, and buildings, and concrete roads. There is so much dust. Nothing stops the wind from blowing and one coughs all the way. I have been coughing lately because of the wind and the sand blown all over. The trees are not there, no birds to sing for us, and nothing to appreciate. I really think that, that 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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