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    "id": 180188,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/180188/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Nanok",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Forestry and Wildlife",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Josephat Koli Nanok",
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    "content": " Mr.Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) No, I am not aware that on 12th August 2008, one Mr. Luka Borghesio, a researcher from the University of Illinois, USA, caused environmental damage to Kitish Forest of Mathews Ranges in Engilai Location, Wamba Division, by cutting trees indiscriminately. (b) I am aware that a scientific research is going on in Kitish Forest, and that the research is authorized by my Ministry with a view to determining the appropriate interventions in promotion of biodiversity in tropical forest management. The research initiative is a programme between the University of Illinois, the National Museum of Kenya, the Kenya Forest Service and the Kenya Forestry Research Institute. Due to the very nature of the exercise, no environmental impact assessment was required because the selected spots of the forest will be subjected to research analysis over a long period of time. Besides, this research will contribute to forestry science in terms of species interactions, migration, tropical levels and resilience. All the cut vegetation is to remain in the forest. (c) There are 20 circular plots, each with a radius of 36 metres, which are evenly distributed in the forest. A 12-metre radius area is cleared at the centre of each plot. All the plots are cleared, or disturbed, to allow monitoring of the new species and their interactions. The plots will be monitored over a period of ten years when the forest is expected to have gone back to its normal state. The research is based on the premise that communities always disturb the forest, but the recovery trend is not known. Hence these research findings will lead to better protection and management of indigenous forest ecosystems in the country."
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