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    "content": "The other issue which I wanted raised and which the President’s Address did not touch on is climate change and global warming. However, he tactfully avoided mentioning the issue of the Mau Forest. I am saying this, and I am lucky because the Minister for Wildlife and Forestry is here. This is an issue, which is long overdue. I hear the issue of Migingo being addressed with all the seriousness it deserves and, I am happy. However, I am not happy to see the issue of Mau Forest being kept pending. We cannot over-state the importance of the Mau Forest. We have said in many fora why we must save the Mau Forest. The Government took responsibility and formed a task force. The task force has since finished its work. We were even given the date when that report was to be received officially and made public. This was 21st March, 2009. We started addressing this problem about a year ago, but, up to now, we are nowhere. We do not know what is happening. It is high time we were informed about the findings of that task force and what the Government intends to do. However, when they keep on shifting goal posts, whether by intimidation or blackmail, we do not know what to do. We are not seeing any action. There is a lot of anxiety out there, because the Government promised action. But up to this minute as I stand here, no visible action from the Government is in sight. So, we are wondering why this delay on a matter that is so urgent and of national importance. It is even of international importance, but we are not seeing any action. So, we are getting worried and saying let the Government implement the task force report to the letter. That task force was fully funded by taxpayers’ money. So, the report should either be brought to the Floor of this House or the Government should tell us what action they are taking."
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