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    "id": 35579,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Prof. Kamar",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 33,
        "legal_name": "Margaret Jepkoech Kamar",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is true, as the Member has mentioned, that one of the major problems is the non-protection of the streams. Our streams have been degraded. We have people who are ploughing right into the rivers. Using our National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) regulations, we are prohibiting people from cultivating near the rivers. Using the same law, we have the ability to arrest anybody who ploughs 30 meters on the sides of the river. So, the protection is going on. With regard to the case of Kerio River, as I mentioned, the 2011/2012 Budget includes Kamnarock Lake. It touches both the lake and the river. Now that we have issues with the Omo River in Ethiopia, we are looking at Kerio River as one of the main sources of water to Lake Turkana. For that reason, it is in our budget. So, the budget that will rehabilitate Kamnarock Lake will also rehabilitate Kerio River. We have both rehabilitation and afforestation plan for the whole stream, from the source to the entry."
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