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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Katuku",
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        "legal_name": "John Mutua Katuku",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, as I said in my earlier response, this has to do with climatic change, which has affected not only Lake Victoria but many other lakes in the region. It is a matter which is raising not only regional, but also international concern. However, what I want to advise hon. Members, and the general public, is that we also need to look at how we are using our environment. We must conserve our catchment areas. We must advise our people not to destroy our forests. We should not protect people who are cultivating upstream. So, what we are doing, as a Government and Ministry, through the Water Resources Management Authority, the National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) and other relevant institutions which are dealing with our environmental concerns, is to educate the public, put measures in place, protect catchment areas, and re-afforestate our region. However, what we are finding to be a challenge is the over- abstraction by people who are living in these areas and the messing up of catchment areas which, of course, is a major concern. I would like hon. Members to talk to their constituents to protect our catchment areas."
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