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    "id": 1480028,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Aden Duale",
    "speaker_title": "The Cabinet Secretary for Environment, Climate Change and Forestry",
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": "associations. A good example is a group that runs Karura Forest in collaboration with KFS. They are spread across the country. One hundred and seventy-five of them are active, 17 of them are inactive, and 41 of them are moderately active. There is a total of 185,535 members. All these community forest associations are duly registered with the Registrar of Societies and, therefore, have legal backing. They live next to our forests and help us to protect and conserve forests, which are our national heritage. Community forest associations engage in forest management activities through what we call ‘participatory forest management plans.’ Our ministry has taken measures to ensure that community forest associations are equipped and trained to support the 15 billion growing trees strategy of the Kenya Kwanza Government. The Ministry, through KFS, supports these groups in developing, training and helping them with good governance. It gives them good guidance on what to do to sustainably manage the use of our forest resources, and how our forest restoration activities can take place. The Ministry, through KFS and KEFRI, offers them training in forest governance, monitoring and compliance with the forest regulations while KFRI provides specialised training in seed propagation, nursery management and agroforestry production. Before I became Cabinet Secretary, I did not know much about KEFRI and where they are based. I really want to ask Members that one day when they are free, they visit KFRI in Muguga. It is a very cold place. You will find 10-20 top researchers. They will tell you the types of trees. They spend hours and years on research. It is a very great institution. Community forest association are playing an increasingly significant role in helping us to create awareness through the tree growing campaign. On planting 15 billion trees by 2032, you will find them on site. They have been given the role of seedling production. They help us in producing seedlings, running nurseries, planting and growing of trees in gazetted and non- gazetted forests. They protect planted trees from destruction and damage. So, they are very important. That is why this august House gave them a role when it legislated the Forest Conservation and Management Act, 2016. Hon. Temporary Speaker, I have answered all the questions raised by the Member for Nakuru County, Hon. Liza Chelule."
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