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    "id": 188225,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/188225/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Chepkitony",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13,
        "legal_name": "Lucas Kipkosgei Chepkitony",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for allowing me to contribute in support of this Motion. This Motion is very important. It is touching on the environment and our forest. The problem we have is not the communities. The problem we have is with the authorities who control the forests. They left communities to stay in forests. Our population is increasing but the land available is diminishing. As a result, the people do not have land to survive and they are left to intrude into Government and trust forests. When it reaches a crisis level, the Government then says they will evict the people. Those to be evicted are not the problem. Why were they allowed to stay there in the first place? So, I do support the reservation and conservation of forests but we need to have a very strong policy. The best way of doing this will be to fence off all Government and trust forests so that there is no encroachment. What the Government should do is to take stock of all the persons who are residing in forests. In my constituency, I have a forest called Elgeyo Forest, also known as Kapchemuto Forest. I did not know that the remnants of the Ogiek living there. These people have no other land. So, the Government needs to know the status of every forest land and the people who are living there. The Government should look for an alternative land so that these people are settled and the forest can be conserved and left intact without any settlement in it. With those few remarks, I beg to support."
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