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    "speaker_name": "Dr. Nuh",
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        "legal_name": "Nuh Nassir Abdi",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I also want to support the Report by the hon. Chairman of the Committee on Lands and Natural Resources. I want to add my voice by saying that apart from conservation of forests and water catchment areas, the Government should know that the responsibility of safeguarding catchment areas and forests comes with the responsibility of ensuring that those people who are near parks and national reserves are also well taken care of. The conservation of the environment and natural resources is for the benefit of people. If we seem to be safeguarding the environment at the expense of the people who live near the forests, then the whole essence of conservation is lost. We will not know for whom we will be conserving the environment. The people who are near the parks and national reserves, many a times, bear the brunt of such conservation efforts and are not duly compensated when things go weary. Secondly, I wish that the Committee would conclude all the Reports it had tabled, one among them being the Petition by People from Lamu on land issues. I know that there were very good recommendations in that Report but I also wish the Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Lands and Natural Resources well so that he can come back and serve as the Chairman of the same Committee and concludes many other Reports that are pending; among them the one regarding lands issues in Lamu which was tabled in December. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I also wish you well in your endeavours and hope that you will serve us again in the same capacity, if not better. I thank my people of Bura for having served them for five years. The experience has been an excellent one. I also wish all my colleagues and my mentors well and thank them. I also thank many others whom in their footsteps, I have been able to do a lot in this House. I wish all of them well hoping that they will fulfill their expectations. Thank you."
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