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    "id": 292618,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/292618/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Nanok",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Forestry and Wildlife",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 57,
        "legal_name": "Josephat Koli Nanok",
        "slug": "josephat-nanok"
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    "content": " Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I beg to reply. The Kenya Forest Service has not refused to hand over the management of Mt. Kenya Forest to Kenya Wildlife Service as provided under Section 18(1) of the Wildlife Conservation and Management Act, Cap.376 and the Mt. Kenya National Reserve Order 2000. Mt. Kenya, lower and upper Imenti and Thunguru Hills Forest were confered national reserve status through Legal Notice No.93 of 24th July, 2000. However, it should be noted that the Government decision in declaring this forest reserve as a national reserve recognizes the need to reserve the functions of the plantation management and utilization of the forest by the local communities under the jurisdiction of the Kenya Forest Service. This was done under a letter Reference No.OP1/17A dated 14th June, 2000, from the Office of the President which stated that the plantations and plantation areas were to be excluded from the national reserves, a copy of which has been provided. Further, according to Section 18(2) of the Wildlife Conservation and Management Act Cap.376, for any area to be declared a national reserve, there has to be an agreement between all the parties concerned. At such time, it was to be between the then Minister for Environment and Natural Resources and the Minister in charge of Kenya Wildlife at the Office of the President detailing the conditions and restrictions of reserve. These conditions, restrictions and the provisions of the letter from the Office of the President were not incorporated in Legal Notice No.93 of 24th July, 2000. The then Minister for Environment and Natural Resources did not gazzette the forest as a forest"
}