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    "id": 35474,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/35474/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Namwamba",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 108,
        "legal_name": "Ababu Tawfiq Pius Namwamba",
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    "content": "Looking at this map, and I believe the Minister is familiar with this map of the Gwassi Hill Forest, it amounts to additional ten blocks. I realize that the Minister was proposing to have an additional ten blocks to the already existing and gazetted 4,800 hectares of land. This is a massive measure that the Minister should not lightly sweep aside, and say he is rescinding. My question is this: Before the Ministry took the decision to add these ten blocks to the Gwassi Hill Forest, what had it done to protect the already existing 4,800 hectares of land, and manage other resources in this area under the Ministry, including Ruma National Park, which park is already of several concerns to the local people? It has tsetse flies that are making it impossible for the people of Gwassi to engage in livestock rearing and other activities. Could the Minister tell this House what exactly the Ministry is doing to ensure that the resources within Gwassi which the Government is investing in, are also beneficial to the people of Gwassi? How have you managed the existing 4,800 hectares, and how are you responding to the concerns of the people of Gwassi regarding challenges emanating from Ruma National Park?"
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