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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, a lot has also been said about resettlement of IDPs. I want to assure this House that the Treasury intends to ensure that in the next financial year, enough resources are made available to ensure that that shame and scar that continues to tarnish the image of our nation is put to rest. It is true that no country can or is isolated from the global financial crisis. Indeed, as was stated by hon. Mungatana, we can already see its effects when we look at the down-turn in our tourism and export markets. I want to assure this House that in the upcoming Budget and already we have started, we will give a detailed plan as to measures that we intend to take and the interventions that we shall make to ensure that we shove up our economy in order to face up with the global recession which we know would in one way or another affect us. We need to make sure that we have taken the necessary precautions to protect ourselves from that. Equally, a lot was said about our environmental degradation and the effect that would have on our water catchment areas. Indeed, as part of the Supplementary Estimates, and through Kazi Kwa Vijana programme, a good deal of money has been set aside through the Ministry of Environment and Mineral Resources to deal with issues related to environmental protection, so as to ensure that we protect our water catchment areas. We intend as we move on to increase budgetary allocation for this much needed intervention, especially in view of the global warming situation that continues to affect us. We also want to ensure that we protect our forest and water catchment areas from"
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