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    "id": 148495,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/148495/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Nanok",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Forestry and Wildlife",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 57,
        "legal_name": "Josephat Koli Nanok",
        "slug": "josephat-nanok"
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    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) Yes, I confirm that only M/s. Comply, M/s. Timsales and M/s. Raiply conduct tree harvesting activities in the forests in Koibatek and that local saw millers are not licensed to do so. Mr. Speaker, Sir, this is because the three firms were exempted from the forest ban imposed in 1999 on the premise that they will provide value -added products such as wood panels, fibre boards and wood laminates that would have to be imported. The companies employ a large workforce and are involved in replanting of the areas they clear. My Ministry has, however, gone through a pre-qualification process for local saw millers with a view to licensing them once the ban is lifted. (b) My Ministry has no intention to involve Kazi Kwa Vijana initiative in saw milling. However, Kazi Kwa Vijana programme will be involved in replanting the cut or harvested areas and other reforestration activities such as seedling production, planting, weeding, thinning, pruning and forest protection."
}