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"speaker_name": "Mr. Munya",
"speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for East African Community",
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"content": " Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, this is an extremely important Motion and it is not about the Mau Forest. It is about the protection of water towers across the country, including Mau Forest, Mt. Kenya and Mt. Elgon. So, anybody trying to trivialise it and turning it into a small issue and trying to make it look like a punishment for a particular group of people is completely wrong. The principle is what is important. We have to protect our water towers. We are losing our water sources everyday. The other day I was in Nakuru and the town is in a crisis because they do not have enough water. The rivers that were feeding water into Nakuru region and into Nakuru National Park are all dry because of the Mau. We cannot bury our heads in the sand and assume that nothing is happening. We are asking the Government to stop dragging its feet on this matter. We have had so many debates on this issue. Many task forces have been formed over the issue and the Government is not coming up very clearly to tell us what"
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