{"id":246736,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/246736/?format=json","text_counter":63,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Mr. Sirma","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":312,"legal_name":"Musa Cherutich Sirma","slug":"musa-sirma"},"content":"Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, from the answer given by the Vice-President and Minister for Home Affairs, it shows that there are people who are harvesting our forests despite the fact that there is a total ban. The Vice-President and Minister for Home Affairs has told us that there are 27,290 hectares of over-mature plantations. My knowledge of forestry informs me that a tree planted for commercial use is a crop and any time it over-matures the Government incurs a loss. What are they doing to save the further loss of these tree plantations?"}