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    "id": 127536,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/127536/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. C. Kilonzo",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 46,
        "legal_name": "Charles Mutavi Kilonzo",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, allow me to show that there is no emergency that we must have this taskforce’s report before the Government acts. Therefore, the relevant Committee should given ample time to go through the report. Enough law is there! We have the Forests Act which covers all aspects of the forests. There are other laws like the Chiefs Act which empowers the provincial administration to issue orders in relation to areas covered by forests. We have another law, the Wildlife Conservation and Management Act, dealing with forests and wetlands. We have the Antiques and Monuments Act which deals with protected areas, including forests. We have the Water Act and the Agricultural lands Act, but most important the law is very clear on what we should do if you want to acquire land. The problem is the issue of compensation. There are people who are arguing that a particular category of people should not be compensated and others should be compensated. They are applying selective compensation. They are saying that if you have a company which owns a tea farm within Mau Forest, it should not be compensated. I"
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