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    "id": 1517325,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Ogola",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I rise to support the Environment Laws (Amendment) Bill (Senate Bills No. 23 of 2024). I support and congratulate Sen. Abdul Haji for this amendment. When we talk about the environment, we are talking about our future. I look up at the public gallery, and I see young Kenyans sitting. If we do not preserve, protect, expand and take care of our environment, we will literally have killed the future of the young Kenyans that are seated at the gallery today. The environment speaks to restoring land. Land is our future. With a good environment, we can eliminate certain disasters in the world today. In the recent past, we have seen many disasters in our country, including droughts and floods that have destroyed property and led to the loss of life. We get our food through the land. The food comes from land and a good environment. The clothes we put on come from a good environment. The medicine we take comes from our environment. The shelter we have, including the house we are in today, looks like all the components that have been used to build this house come from a good environment. This is why I passionately support this Bill. This Bill talks about afforestation and reafforestation and promotes tree planting on all public land. However, the Bill should limit tree planting not only on public land but also on private land. We have public land all over, and most of these lands are just bare. I support the idea that if we plant trees in most of this public land, especially in the county public lands, we will have a good environment that will determine the future of humankind. When we talk about public and private land, this brings me to the idea that we should even relook at amending the Physical Planning Act. As houses are built and planning is happening, there needs to be enforcement of planting trees on those spelt out in the Physical Planning Act. Even in urban centres, we must encourage estates; the houses that are built undergo a lot of greening as they are built. The amendment talks about replacing trees if they are felled. We have our people down in our communities, felling trees sometimes, even for charcoal. This may not be the bad part. The bad part is that once these trees are felled, the ground is left open. I encourage that this must be addressed so that once somebody falls a"
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