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    "id": 1232878,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Soipan Tuya",
    "speaker_title": "The Cabinet Secretary for Environment, Climate Change and Forestry",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 926,
        "legal_name": "Roselinda Soipan Tuya",
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    "content": " There is that requirement for the Service to provide a forest resource assessment report every five years. According to the first national forest resource assessment report, which was done in 2021, Elgeyo Marakwet County has a forest cover of 20.53 per cent and a tree cover of 29.95 per cent, respectively. There has not been any further scientific assessment report with regard to the forest cover. So, I cannot speak to the variance that the Member is alluding to until we have another scientific assessment report, which will give us the forest cover variation in the county, but we have tabulated the areas under PELIS in Elgeyo Marakwet County for the last three years. The report projects that in 2020 to 2021, the total area under PELIS was 1,400 hectares. In 2021 to 2022, the total area reduced to 954 hectares and currently, in 2022 to 2023, it further goes down to 910 hectares, which corroborates the argument from the KFS that the trend from when the ban on maize plantation was done has drastically reduced the area under PELIS within Elgeyo Marakwet County. It is a disincentive to communities adjacent to the forest in Elgeyo Marakwet County. The last Question speaks to the pros and cons of maize cultivation under the PELIS system and seeks clarification on whether area residents can revert to the practice after the ban. Maize is a very important crop in Kenya and forms one of the key staple foods in most communities in the country and so, it contributes to food security in Kenya. Taking into consideration the data on plantation forest cover under PELIS when maize was being grown and plantation forest cover under PELIS after the ban, the KFS Board approved growing maize under PELIS. This has since been effected through the KFS management. In this regard, I stated that the main problem and challenge with the PELIS system in general, besides the maize plantations, is the abuse of the process which, therefore, requires 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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