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    "id": 1492083,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Olekina",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 407,
        "legal_name": "Ledama Olekina",
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    "content": "When you get into my place, it is cold and beautiful. I am happy that my neighbours are slowly seeing the benefit of planting trees, and each one of them is doing so. I encourage all Kenyans to plant a tree a day. Madam Temporary Speaker, I want to go straight and comment on the proposed amendments to several pieces of legislation. One is the Forest Conservation and Management Act, which the distinguished Senator wishes to amend and insert a new provision which says “promote afforestation and reforestation in arid and semi-arid areas of the country.” I would like to beseech the distinguished Senator to expand that and not only limit it to semi-arid areas but to make it a national exercise for every part of the country. In a race, you have what you call your home ground; where no one can beat you. When you are going out to look for more support from elsewhere, for you to win your race, you must also protect what you already have. I want to beseech the distinguished Senator, and I am going to be working with him because now the Bill is ours, that we expand this to ensure that we require every county, every urban area, every sub-county, every town, every school, every church, to make sure that they plant trees. One of my problems with this amendment that he is introducing is that it requires that whenever you fell a tree, you then now have to go and plant a tree in a place where it is designated by the Kenya Forest Services. There is no point in creating a lot of red tape or bureaucracy when it comes to protecting the environment. If you fell a tree, make sure you immediately plant two more trees there. If you now want to wait until you go and plant trees in a designated area, it means that we will create oasis in some areas and continue creating deserts in other parts of the country. So I would like to beseech the distinguished Senator that we amend that and ensure that we limit the bureaucracy. When my colleague says a person who harvests a tree shall replace the tree under the direction and in the area designated by the Service, I plead with the hon. Senator---"
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