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    "id": 1492089,
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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": "Let me thank my good friend, Sen. Haji, for that wonderful information that has enriched my thinking. Maybe to respond directly to his new information, we must introduce a new clause to uproot all the Mathenge plant s, which is not of any use in this country, particularly in arid and semi-arid areas and plant new trees. Arid and semi-arid areas are indeed left and ignored. There is a very easy way of planting trees. There is a gentleman from Naivasha who I also worked with when I was planting trees in the Mau Forest. He has a company called Seedballs. He took charcoal and put seeds inside the charcoal and others in cow dung. He then spread them all across, particularly seeds for the acacia trees. When it rained, the seed found itself penetrating the ground. In the areas where it is dry, you will find that there are so many acacia trees which are growing. I remember when I was planting trees in the Mau Forest, I brought this gentleman, I cannot remember his name, but he works for a company called Kenya Seedballs. We also planted many seeds from his company in the Mau Forest. So, I support this. However, the only concern that I have is when it says that a person who fells a tree for a reason other than its harvesting shall replace the tree under the directions and the area designated by the Service. My concern is the direction and the area designated by the Service. Hypothetically, suppose the service decides you fell a tree in Narok, now go to Nakuru and plant them there. I think it is important that we amend this further and say that a person who fells a tree for a reason other than its harvesting shall first demonstrate that they have planted more trees. They must report to the Service. That is when this direction from the Service comes in. Let us make it that you want to fell a tree, first of all, plant trees, go to the Service, let them guide you and tell they want you to go and plant trees in Wajir County. When I went across Wajir, it was such a beautiful and actually the soil there is very fertile. We planted trees and when you could see the soil, it had some sand in it, which means any little rain that falls into the place, it is absorbed and it is retained there and trees can grow very fast. So, I support this but I do not want the bureaucracy, the red tape because the Forest Service may decide to slow you down. They might say they do not have regulations on how to proceed. I have seen the function of the Service and it is put there. I normally have a big problem with creating authorities because you just make it red tape. Why not just require every school to introduce a course in the curricula to teach young Kenyans how to plant trees or require young Kenyans to plant trees? I remember when I was in university, I took a course in Physical Education (PE). I was asked to do PE and I did. I went and I played golf as one of my courses. Why should we not have it in the curricula that every school must have a course where people are taught about the environment and their children are required to grow trees? If you go to every urban centre, you will be shocked. Instead of us making beautiful urban centres, we have kiosks everywhere. All of us in this House travel. Every time we go to the UK, downtown London or Central London, we see trees being planted. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only.A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and Audio Services,Senate."
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