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"speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale",
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"content": "year in, year out. We should be against plantation forests. I have done my audit and realized that the majority of plantation forests in this country are because of the cypress and eucalyptus trees. Those two trees were never meant for Kenya or Africa in general. They were imported into our Continent. If you come from anywhere you have seen a plantation forest of cyprus, walk in there. It is such a harsh species of plant that does not allow other plant to grow underneath. When you bring it down, it leaves the entire area bare. On the other hand, eucalyptus is so harsh that it takes all the water. When you plant it, the other plants find it difficult to grow long roots enough to get that water. The third disadvantage of plantation forest is that when you allow harvesting, then the people who harvest take advantage to stray into the natural species. For example, in Kakamega Forest, there was a misadventure of allowing a small section of the forest to have cypress trees, which are usually up for harvest on a regular basis. When these people come to harvest – because they have been allowed to enter the forest with their power saws – they stray into the natural forest and bring down the age- old Mtukuyu. In English, it is called the Elgon Teak. This is a tree that grows for hundreds of years before it reaches the kind of heights we have. I want to invite colleagues, Members of Parliament (MPs), for a nature trail in Kakamega Forest. It is the kind of beauty that you have never seen. I know not many of you have seen a single tree that is over a 100 metres. This means that if you cut it, the cut side will be on one end of a football pitch and the end of a tree top will be on the other end of the football pitch. It is beautiful. The memorable photo I have on my phone is one such tree, which my father planted for me 25 years ago when I was setting up my home. Today, that tree now sits at 55 meters and towers in my home. Colleagues, you are welcome for a plate of ugali and"
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