{"id":204090,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/204090/?format=json","text_counter":14,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Mr. Mwiraria","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":283,"legal_name":"David Mwiraria","slug":"david-mwiraria"},"content":"Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is true that the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources is operating under a very small and tight budget. We have only one Environment Officer per district. He can do very little single handedly. I hope that when I gun for more money, next financial year, this House will support the Ministry. However, to answer the specific question on the use of chiefs; yes, we will use the Provincial Administration to protect our environment generally and rivers, specifically. Today, we are losing a lot of soil to the Indian Ocean because people are farming right to the edge of rivers. When it rains, a lot of soil is washed down stream."}