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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Bomet East, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Richard Yegon",
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    "content": " Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to also contribute on this issue of eucalyptus trees. I want to also congratulate Hon. Irene Mayaka for bringing in this issue. There is a time we talked about those eucalyptus trees, but I think it died off just like that. This time round, we are going to act because when eucalyptus trees are planted along the rivers, they tend to drain a lot of water. They absorb a lot of water, thus making the rivers to dry up. It is high time we enacted serious laws so that areas where eucalyptus trees are planted can be categorised. They need to be put up in the hills, where they do not drain a lot of water like when they are planted alongside the rivers. I have heard people in my area say that when you cut a tree near a river, you will find a lot of water coming out of it, and you can even collect water from it. Therefore, we need serious laws to curtail the issue of planting trees along the rivers. Water gets finished within some few months after the rains. River beds go dry. So, we want to enact serious laws to make sure that this rule is followed. For those people who have planted trees along the rivers, I want to say that when this law is enacted, there should be a mechanism to penalise them. We also need to put stringent measures on those who plant eucalyptus trees along the boundaries with other people. It should be approximately six metres off the boundary. We need to implement stringent measures to ensure that eucalyptus trees are planted at least six meters away from a neighbouring boundary, as they can negatively affect nearby farms by drying them out. I fully support this initiative. Additionally, we must establish robust laws to prevent the planting of eucalyptus trees in inappropriate areas."
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