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    "id": 1456776,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Lelegwe Ltumbesi",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to move the following Motion- THAT, the Senate adopts the Report of the Standing Committee on Land, Environment and Natural Resources on a Petition to the Senate by residents of Siany Area, Nyamira County, regarding destruction of 41 hectares of Siany Wetland–LR No. North Mugirango/Magwagwa II/403 laid on the Table of the Senate on Tuesday, 23rd July, 2024. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Senate Standing Committee on Land, Environment and Natural Resources at its sitting held on 14th June, 2024 adopted its report on the Petition by the Siany residents on the destruction of the 41 hectares Siany Wetland LR No. North Mungirango/Magwagwa II/403 and tabled it in the Senate on Tuesday, 23rd July, 2024. At a sitting of the Senate held on Tuesday, 13th July, 2023, the Hon. Speaker of the Senate reported to the Senate that a Petition had been submitted to the Clerk by the Siany residents of Misambi Sub-Location in Nyamira County concerning the degradation of the Siany Wetland brought on by the activities of the Kenya Prisons Services (KPS), a section of the community members through cultivation and construction of structures and a primary school built on this land. Pursuant to Standing Order No.238(1), and the Fourth Schedule of the Standing Orders of the Senate, the Petition was committed to the Standing Committee on Land, Environment and Natural Resources. The Committee proceeded to seek for responses from the Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Climate Change and Forestry and the Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of Interior and National Administration to address the issues raised in the Petition. As a background in brief for the hon. Senators to understand the intentions, the contents of the Petition were - (i) Siany Wetland is a community land situated in Misambi sub-location in Nyamira County that had been set aside for grazing and registered as a common grazing The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."
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