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    "id": 155731,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/155731/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Nanok",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Forestry and Wildlife",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 57,
        "legal_name": "Josephat Koli Nanok",
        "slug": "josephat-nanok"
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    "content": "(i) The Government formed the Task Force on Conservation of Mau Forest Complex in July, 2008, with a clear mandate to ensure further destruction of the complex is checked. (ii) Further, my Ministry, through its relevant institutions, has also prioritized and deployed the required resources to conserve the Mau Forest Complex. Leading in these efforts is the Kenya Forest Service that has deployed 667 forest guards and 76 professional foresters to protect and manage the Mau Forest Complex. Alongside this group, are also 60 rangers from the Kenya Wildlife Service, 40 askaris from Narok County Council and 40 Administration Police officers. Collectively, these teams of enforcement agents have set up an operation command system and are working very hard to curb all destructive activities in the Mau. (iii) The Activities carried out by these enforcement and outreach team stations to protect the Mau include foot and vehicle patrols, weekly aerial surveillance using Kenya Wildlife Service’s plane, high resolution satellite imagery and intelligence and investigation capabilities. The actions are aimed at ensuring that all illegal activities in the complex are stopped. To date, 150 tons of timber and 2,459 bags of charcoal have been impounded from poachers in the area. (c) The report on the findings of the taskforce is pending discussion in the Cabinet, which is expected to make a decision on the way forward."
}