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    "id": 241569,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/241569/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Prof. Kibwana",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Environment and Natural Resources",
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        "legal_name": "Kibwana Kivutha",
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    "content": " Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have already mentioned the districts that are affected. They are Turkana, Baringo, Tana River, Garissa, Isiolo, Mandera, Meru and Taita Taveta, among others. I have admitted that, that is a serious problem in the country. That is why we are in the process of declaring it a national disaster, so that the country can focus on proper measures to fight that invasive tree. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, at the Kenya Forestry Research Institute (KEFRI), we are studying how other biological factors to neutralise the tree can be introduced. That research is on-going. Indeed, that tree was introduced in good faith. It had worked in South America. That is why Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) had recommended it to the Government to be planted in Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (ASALs). It has now become a situation of nature gone wild. We have been concentrating on research to deal with that tree. We will require close to Kshs3 billion to effectively work on that issue. We are also exploring ways to use that tree to produce charcoal!"
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