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    "id": 125745,
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    "speaker_name": "Mr. ole Ntimama",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister of State for National Heritage",
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        "legal_name": "William Ronkorua ole Ntimama",
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    "content": " Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I want to start by saying that the destruction of the Mau Forest Complex has got devastating effects on the whole country. This weekend one of the main things which some hon. Members were saying was that if things go wrong in Lake Naivasha or elsewhere, it has nothing to do with the Mau. I can tell you that the climatic effect that the destruction of Mau Forest Complex has caused has completely affected the whole country and across the borders. If saying that the destruction of the Mau Forest has caused severe problems all over is ignorance, too bad! If it is arrogance, too bad! Mr. Speaker, Sir, we must keep reminding the people of Kenya, because they are the people who talk through the FM radio stations, to show clearly that the effect of the destruction of Mau Forest is global. Look at the climate change; it is affecting everything. The gases that are being emitted into the atmosphere are a result of lack of trees. I want to challenge what some hon. Members were saying, that it is not Mau and say here now, that it is Mau! It is affecting everybody and the climatic changes are so severe! Mr. Speaker, Sir, I know most hon. Members know what is happening. Look at Nakuru, for example, all the four rivers going into Lake Nakuru are already dry or are drying. They are either dead or dying. The lake has no water. Nakuru Town is a stinking town because there is no fresh water going to the town and to the lake. The flamingos have run away. They have gone to Lake Natron and elsewhere. I want to say very clearly that if those effects are not enough to tell Parliament to evict everybody and anybody from the Mau Forest who is causing these problems to the populace of Nakuru and all the regions around, then I do not know what we are doing. Sondu Miriu Hydroelectric Power Project has just been mentioned here. It is a fact that has been established by scientists themselves that Sondu Miriu is operating at 30 per cent. This is because there is no water to turn the turbines. Now we are being told that it is not as a result of the Mau. Sondu Miriu is not able to perform because there is no water to turn the turbines. Even a school child will know that, that is the truth. Mr. Speaker, Sir, look at the flooding in Kano plains and Budalang’i. With all due respect to my friend from Budalang’i, I would have thought he would be at the forefront saying that the people living in Mau must be evicted because for the last 15 years Budalang’i has been devastated. They have lost lives. They have lost goats. They have lost donkeys. They have lost everything. They have lost their shambas . It has been continuous and devastating. This is because rain comes on the Mau Forest and there is no vegetation. The water then runs with a lot of force and creates such devastating effects. In fact, I would have thought that the hon. Member - a friend of mine - would have come and said, “Move the people out of Mau because my people are suffering and have been devastated”."
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