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"speaker_name": "Dr. Wekesa",
"speaker_title": "The Minister for Forestry and Wildlife",
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"content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, in this respect, we should be sensitive to why we are having these droughts and flooding. We must plant trees. We have said in my Ministry that every Kenyan should take it upon himself or herself a duty of reforestation. We must plant trees in our farms and in our empty spaces on our hills and mountains to limit these negative effects of climate change. Now, as we continue doing that we must also bear in mind that soil erosion and flooding in Budalang’i and elsewhere is due to deforestation that has taken place for a long time. Water from these hills is going down unchecked because the ground is bare and the water leaves with high speed and this is why we are having flooding in Kano Plains and in Budalang’i. We must therefore sensitize our people to plant trees and join the Government in planting trees."
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