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    "id": 244850,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Prof. Maathai",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Wangari Muta Maathai",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Sir. Allow me to thank the Minister for giving me a few minutes to contribute to this Bill. Indeed, statistics are extremely important for planning. We are very happy because the Minister has brought this Bill. In fact, we support him for doing that. However, it is one thing to gather statistics, and a completely different thing to use those statistics. I want to call upon the Minister to ensure that there is enough data collected with regard to issues impacting on our environment. There are a lot of terrible things happening on our land and I am not sure that we are collecting enough data about it. For example, are we collecting data on the rate of the melting of ice on Mt. Kenya and Mt. Kilimanjaro? Are we collecting data on how many rivers from these mountains are no longer flowing? This also, of course, includes the Aberdares Forest. These statistics are extremely important. This is because if we do not monitor what is happening to some of these ecosystems, we can one day wake up and find that we no longer have rivers. We will also find out that our rainfall pattern will have changed. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to use the area between Mai Mahiu and Baruk as an example. Except for the Delamare Estate, that whole area is quickly turning into a desert. I do not know to what extent our statisticians are keeping record of what is happening to an area like that and many other areas in our country, which are gradually becoming a desert. It is partly because we have allowed people to practise subsistence agriculture in areas that should have been left for grazing. We should also have statistics on the number of animals we should allow to graze per hectare, for example, in order to prevent desertification. This is some of the data that we should collect in order to protect our environment. With those few remarks, I beg to support."
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