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    "id": 324454,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/324454/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Mwakwere",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Environment and Mineral Resources",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 189,
        "legal_name": "Chirau Ali Mwakwere",
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    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) Yes, I am aware that irregular fetching of firewood and tree branches for making makeshift homes and fences in Dagahley and Ifo in Wajir South Constituency by refugees is causing massive degradation in contravention of Section 9 of the Environmental Management and Co-ordination Act No.8 of 1999. (b) Measures that will be undertaken by my Ministry to ensure that the irregular exercise is stopped include:- Continuation of consultative inter-agency meetings between National Environmental Management Agency (NEMA), Kenya Forest Service (KFS), UNHCR and thes implementing agencies. The last meeting was held in Dadaab on 24th July, 2012 and deliberated on measures to be taken in order to reduce the negative environmental impact. Specific identified measures include intensification of environmental education and awareness targeting refugees and the host community, promoting alternative sources of energy and procurement of energy saving devices. (c) The UNHCR is compensating the refugee host community for environmental degradation caused by the refugees by undertaking the following initiatives:- (i) Rehabilitation of degraded environment through tree planting activities within the camp and also environmental conservation programmes for host communities especially in the villages where firewood harvesting is being undertaken. (ii) Training on reforestation for refugees and host communities providing firewood harvesting areas. (iii) Provision of energy saving stoves and solar cookers to the refugees and the host communities. (iv) Funding implementation of environmental, sanitation and water projects within the Dadaab refugee camp complex, which will be extended to the host communities through its implementing agencies at the local level such as the Relief,"
}