{"id":1552809,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1552809/?format=json","text_counter":138,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. Mandago","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":13577,"legal_name":"Kiplagat Jackson Mandago","slug":"kiplagat-jackson-mandago"},"content":"Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have a question to the Cabinet Secretary, which we may not get an answer today because the issue is not closely related, but it endangers our forests. There is a plant called cuscuta that destroys the very trees that we plant. If it is not checked, just like the mathenge plant that Sen. Dullo talked about, it will become a disaster. We have seen the destruction that it is causing. What is the Ministry doing? Is there a chemical that can be sprayed, or how can we get rid of that parasitic plant that is destroying our trees?"}