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    "id": 1499441,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mwingi West, WDM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Charles Nguna",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for the opportunity to add my voice to this Bill. From the onset, I thank my sister, Hon. Irene Mayaka. She has really surprised me with the number of contributions and the many legislative proposals that she has brought to this House since she joined this august House. This is a very straightforward Bill. It does not need a lot of debate and she has based most of the legislative proposals on the practical aspects having in mind that she comes from Nyamira County which is a wetland. The eucalyptus tree has commercial benefits but our concern is environmental conservation. We are not banning nor stopping the planting of eucalyptus trees but we are calling upon Members to support this Bill so that we plant this tree in areas where they would not have a negative impact on the environment. Eucalyptus trees absorb a lot of water especially if planted along rivers. We are going to raise the issues of water security in this country. Eucalyptus trees have many disadvantages when it comes to environmental issues. It is one of the trees which I will call a “greedy tree” because it competes with almost all the other trees in terms of the absorption of water. Sometimes, it can lead to soil depletion in areas where we have planted them. We, therefore, need to support this amendment, and I am calling upon Members to think of areas where we can plant eucalyptus trees for commercial benefit. Let us introduce other varieties of trees that we can plant so that we can manage the issue of climate change. With those few remarks, I support. Thank you."
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