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    "content": "catchment areas and irrigate our land, so that we produce more, it could not have come at a better time. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Jubilee Government talked about giving irrigation a lot of prominence. This means that we will be protecting the areas where that water to do irrigation will be coming from. For a long time, the Greenbelt Movement that was led by the late Prof. Wangari Maathai did a tremendous job in ensuring that some of these areas were protected through tree planting. Trees are very essential in holding ground and ensuring that soil erosion is controlled. I would request the Government to give the Movement a lot of support, now that it has been quiet since the Karura Forest issue. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I happened to overfly various lakes within the Rift Valley and I saw some brownish water in the lakes. This is as a result of the top soil that Sen. Karaba talked about. So, it is important that the Government takes heed of this particular Motion and its spirit to ensure that cultivation is not allowed along the river banks. We have also had cases where the blue gum trees that are known for their consumption of very high quantity of water, are planted along river banks. I would request the Government to ensure that these trees are not planted along river banks. I believe that there are other species of trees that can be planted along the river banks, that will hold the soil, rather than consume the water that we are trying to preserve for irrigation."
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