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    "id": 125752,
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    "speaker_name": "Mr. ole Ntimama",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister of State for National Heritage",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "William Ronkorua ole Ntimama",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, we have a problem because environmentally, it is a disaster. We do not know what is going to happen but this has a dangerous effect. Even Lake Victoria itself has gone down ten metres and I think we should save this forest. It is urgent! We do not know when the rivers are going to be brought to life again to be able to bring Lake Victoria to the normal level of water. The worst thing is that we have rubbed the wrong side of our neighbours. As I have said, these effects of climate change emanating from the destruction of the Mau affect Uganda, Tanzania and the whole region because of the effects of climate change. For example, we have Sudan, Ethiopia and Egypt itself whose lifeline is the Nile. They are all complaining quietly. Although they have not shouted very much, they are not amused about how we are managing our environment and how the destruction of the Mau is going on. For the Tanzanians who are our neighbours, you have all heard what the Prime Minister was saying publicly when he came to Kenya and met the President and the Prime Minister. When he held his Press conference, he said very clearly that Serengeti is dying because of the Mau and you must stop destruction of the Mau immediately because Serengeti is dying. It is not only the Serengeti. I can tell you that very many people are dying. People are dying on the dead corridor, the Ewaso Nyiro River, which is one of the few rivers coming together. Southern Narok, southern Kajiado and the plains of northern Tanzania, our people, the pastoralists who are all on that corridor are the Maasai. I have information that the people are dying. First of all, they do not know where to get their food. There is no food around. The water has gone so low and it is so salty that if the cows drink that water, which has been on the pools for months, it cuts their stomachs and they die. We have a problem and nobody sees it. This is why I think whoever is definitely supporting the continuous settlement on the Mau and continuous sitting of the squatters on the Mau must know that other people are dying and others are suffering. The people must not think of their own self; people must not think"
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