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    "id": 1266416,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1266416/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Baringo County, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Jematiah Sergon",
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    "content": " Hon. Speaker, I rise to present a Public Petition on the declaration of Mukutani Forest as a public forest. I, the undersigned, on behalf of the residents of Baringo County, draw the attention of the House to the following: THAT, Article 1 of the Constitution of Kenya 2010 reposes all sovereign authority in the people of Kenya; THAT, Article 10 of the Constitution provides for the national values and principles of governance which bind all state organs, state officers, public officers and all persons, whenever any of them applies or interprets the Constitution; enacts, applies or interprets any law; makes or implements public policy decisions, and which values and principles include public participation; THAT, Article 63 of the Constitution of Kenya recognises community land and provides that the land shall vest in and be held by communities identified on the basis of ethnicity, culture or similar community of interest; THAT, under Section 8 of the Forest Conservation and Management Act, 2016, Kenya Forest Service is bestowed with the responsibility of conserving, protecting and managing all public forests in Kenya. THAT, under Section 31(2) of Forest Conservation and Management Act, 2016, before declaring any section as a public forest, the Cabinet Secretary is required to consult the National Land Commission; THAT, the Second Schedule of Forest Conservation and Management Act, 2016 makes provisions for public participation; THAT, in the said Legal Notice, the said then Cabinet Secretary decreed that the alleged Mukutani Forest is an area of land approximately 13,185.8 hectares; THAT, your humble petitioners herein contend that they were not involved in the decision of the then Cabinet Secretary, Hon. Judi W. Wakhungu, contained in the Legal Notice No.265 dated 27th October 2017; 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."
}