{"id":246745,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/246745/?format=json","text_counter":72,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Mr. Chepkitony","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":13,"legal_name":"Lucas Kipkosgei Chepkitony","slug":"lucas-chepkitony"},"content":"Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Vice-President has indicated that harvesting in the plantation forests only stands at 2,500 hectares annually. In my constituency, where we have a big forest, there is no harvesting taking place, and the trees are over-mature and they are falling and rotting. When will the Government allow private saw-millers to make economic use of these trees which are ready for timber harvesting?"}