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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wakili Sigei",
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    "content": "Thank you once again, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, and Hon. Cabinet Secretary for the response that you have shared with the House in regards to the questions from Sen. Murango. I have two supplementary questions. One is in regards to the need to have a clarification from the CS under Annex 1(a), because the Question is asking about harvesting. The answer is that there is no harvesting. I have looked at the Annex under (a) in the response from the Cabinet Secretary and there is a timestamp as to when that Google map of Kamuruana Hill Forest was pulled out. That is the 8thApril, 2025. I do not know what time that was. However, my supplementary question emanates from Annex (b) whose two maps do not have a timestamp as to when they were printed out. Could she confirm whether the same is within the date of the 8th April, or it could have been something that was just taken for purposes of responding to this question? My second supplementary is with regards to the answer to part (c) on what the Ministry has taken to prevent deforestation and promote reafforestation efforts across the country. The answer appearing on page six has listed several action points that the Ministry has undertaken. My supplementary question is from point (viii), where the Ministry has undertaken fencing of 1,190 kilometres of public forest in this financial year. I would like to know from her the efforts that the Ministry has put in place to ensure that such fences are protected and are able to last for a reasonable timeline. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am saying this because I come from Bomet County. There is a forest called Chepalungu Forest, which was fenced last year. I would like to report that within a period of four months, almost a quarter of the section of the forest had already either collapsed or could easily be accessible by the public, meaning it will not serve the purpose. Secondly, the aspect of ensuring the promotion of controlled grazing through grazing plants has not been fully implemented. I am saying this also with regard to Chepalungu Forest, especially Siongiroi area which has been reduced into a toll station, where rangers have allowed farmers to take their cows for grazing into the forest with unregulated arrests and fines imposed on farmers. Farmers within that particular forest, and I believe across the country, would also be subjected to illegal arrests where rangers have used the opportunity to obtain money The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."
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