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    "id": 188220,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/188220/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Ngugi",
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        "legal_name": "David Mwaniki Ngugi",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I rise to support this Motion and congratulate hon. Kaino for bringing such a representative Motion. This is not a Motion about Cherangany Hills only. This Motion is about Kinangop and the Aberdares. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the rate at which the Aberdare Forest has been destroyed shows that, in a couple of years, the City of Nairobi may not have water because the Sasumua Dam, itself, will dry up. It is saddening to see that it is the Government, itself, that is aiding the destruction of those forests. I say so because recently, in my area of Kinangop, we put up an electric fence to separate the elephants from human habitation. The Department of Forestry wanted to push that fence so far up in the Aberdares so that they can have as many trees as possible to sell to loggers from Timboroa and Nakuru. The people who guard that forest and are called upon to put out the fires whenever they occur were not considered. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, that is why it is so important for the Ministry responsible for forests to consult and consider the people living next to the forests who, for years, have been guarding those forests, even when they allocate permits for logging. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the environment is so critical that if we do not guard Cherangany Hills, Mau Forest and the Aberdares, we will not have any country tomorrow. The desert will increase, production of crops will go down and famine will afflict this country. That is not the way we want to go and, therefore, that is why I support this Motion. I even invite the Minister responsible to accompany me to Kinangop to see the destruction there, which is aided by his Ministry. Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir."
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