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    "id": 127518,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/127518/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. ole Lankas",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Lankas ole Nkoidila",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I stand to support the adoption of the Report of the Task Force and I wish to say that the Report has come to his House at a very good time when we are experiencing many challenges. Climate change is a problem and it is an issue that we are addressing. Drought is biting very hard out there. There is a lot of community tension out there as a result of the problems in the Mau Forest Complex. That is why I am saying that time has come for us to adopt it and implement it. This is a national issue and if you recall, it was with us in 2005 when the then Government attempted to remove people from the Mau Forest Complex or the Maasai Mau Forest, to be specific. But for some reason, it did not succeed and the issue was suspended. Now looking at the issue before us, the process started one year ago. As it went on, under the guidance and the leadership of the Prime Minister, a Task Force was formed to look into ways and means of conserving this natural resource which is causing a lot of concern all over, not only in Kenya but also beyond Kenya. The Task Force came up with recommendations which we are looking at today and I am saying that all the recommendations that are in the Task Force Report should be adopted. The Report is very clear on all the issues that are relevant to this matter. If it is the issue of compensation, which is causing a lot of anxiety, it is adequately addressed in the Report. If it is the issue of the eviction of the people, which is equally serious, we have said that they have to be moved in a humane manner. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to say one thing: Right now in the Mau Forest, there is a group of people who are there and they are burning charcoal and logging. There are also squatters and land speculators. Leave alone the people who have laid claim and who we are talking about here. I have been saying that the four groups of people; the loggers, the charcoal burners, the speculators and the squatters should have left like yesterday. As I stand here, Mau Forest is burning. People are burning trees every passing minute. So, we cannot wait any more for the Government to take action and implement this Report. It is on the basis of this Report that people should be moved our immediately. So, what we are saying here is that, instead of making it look like a political issue, as it is already visible here--- This is not a community or tribal issue but a national issue. It is now time to act and save the Mau Forest Complex. As has already been mentioned, these political utterances that we are hearing, is like blackmailing the Government to act in the direction of certain people. We have been patient for one year now waiting for this day to come, so that we can debate this Report"
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