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    "id": 1197085,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherarkey",
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        "legal_name": "Cherarkey K Samson",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, no one can question your wisdom in those decisions. Sen. Waziri, Soipan Rosalinda Tuya, is the only one who refers to me as “Super Senator.” Congratulations on behalf of the great people of Nandi County and we wish you well. I thank His Excellency the President. He did not make a wrong choice. We believe in you. We worked together when you were in the Speaker’s Panel in the ‘Lower’ House. You graduated and came to the ‘Upper’ House, the House of union and we are proud of you. On behalf of the many Maasais, we wish you well. I know you will be an inspiration. Mr. Temporary Speaker, just allow me say two things so that I cede ground for other colleagues. We hope there will be protection of the water towers. The issue of Mau Forest, should be resolved conclusively. Mr. Temporary Speaker, I know this also affects your County of Bomet, Kericho and even Nandi. Secondly, we still have many forest evictees in Nandi County who have been lined up for compensation. I request the CS to look into compensation of forest evictees. Others were evicted in the 1960s and 1970s. Others were evicted later in the early 2000s and after. They should and must be compensated. Third, we beg you to properly look into the issue of the Shamba System. We want to own the forest while we produce food. Some of us in Nandi have three forests with Nandi North, Nandi South and Nandi Central having one each where we can have the shamba system. When the crops are ready, we cede ground and move out from those forests. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, finally because my time is up, we have the issue of climate change. I know she is seized of that matter and the President is interested. Sen. Soipan must rein in the National Environment Management Authority (NEMA). The issue of Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) must be looked at properly. We should increase our forest cover by planting trees in order to increase from 7 to 10 per cent. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, with those many remarks, I congratulate Sen. Soipan and wish her well. I hope she will create a special space for the Senate."
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