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    "speaker_name": "Kangema, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Peter Kihungi",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I, again, congratulate you for being in the Speaker’s Panel and for your good coordination. I support the Motion by Hon. Kiarie on planting trees along the road whenever construction takes place. As put by many Members, road construction projects do a lot of harm to trees. We cut many trees when constructing roads, especially tarmac roads. As a Member has put it, the challenge can be managed. There could be a component of reafforestation in the contract whenever we undertake road construction works in the rural areas. We may not have road reserves where the land is freehold. I propose that we plant fruit trees. Owners of land adjacent to a road can be comfortable when we plant fruit trees on their land. The owner of the land will also feel obliged to take care of the trees. We can employ the youth to plant avocado and macadamia trees, which are economically relevant to land owners adjacent to the road. In the same context that an hon. Member described the good scenery of trees that existed a few kilometres before reaching Nakuru Town as one drove along the highway, it would be good to plant trees alongside existing roads some kilometres before getting to any town centre, including small towns and villages – mostly fruit trees that are economically relevant to a person who owns the land around that area. That way, we will be mitigating on climate change. We will also be economically empowering the people living adjacent to those the roads. The local people will feel obliged to take care of the trees. Hon. Temporary Speaker, this is a very good Motion. The President has said that he wants us, as a country, to plant about ten billion trees during his tenure. This pronouncement will motivate people across the country to account for the number of trees they will have planted. This vision can be actualised through a Bill that could be brought here for enactment once we approve this Motion. In every financial year, a sum of money could be put aside for tree planting. The youth will be obliged to prepare tree nurseries. Research could be undertaken to identify the best trees for each ecological zone. I would like to, once again, congratulate Hon. Kiarie. He is doing a very good job. For us new Members, we are learning a lot from him, and we will walk with him. We will also be working on Motions that will be very productive, as he has been doing. With those remarks, I beg to support."
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