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    "id": 389,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Dr. Wekesa",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Forestry and Wildlife",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 209,
        "legal_name": "Noah Mahalang'ang'a Wekesa",
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    "content": " Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I have been in this Ministry for three years, and I can answer it off- the- cuff. However, let me use this answer. (a) The Government has not earned any revenue from sell of carbon credit scheme in Mau Forest. (b) No money has therefore been ploughed back to the communities as benefit arising from the sale of carbon credits. (c) My Ministry has put in place the following measures to ensure that there is elaborate and clear plans on community involvements on projects meant to conserve the Mau Forest. These are:- 1. Implementation of Participatory Forest Management (PFM) approaches that involves the forest adjacent communities and other stakeholders in the management of forests within the framework that contributes to the community land use has been intensified within the whole of the Mau ecosystem. 2. These PFM approaches involve the establishment of community forest associations in every station within Mau Forest in order to streamline the participation in sustainable management of the forest. 3. To ensure that communities are empowered and involved in planning, policy, decision-making and implementation of various conservation interventions, the Community Forest Associations (CFAs) have three representatives in the Forest Conservation Committees (FCCs) established within the ten regional conservancies in the country and that includes Mau Conservancy. These Community Forest Associations have a direct advisory role to the Kenya Forest Service Management Board on regional forestry policy issues. This means that the Community Forest Associations can work hand in hand with my officers. 4. The Ministry, assisted by the Prime Minister’s Office, has also maintained a forest protection unit in the Mau Forest Complex that has maintained a close collaboration with the community through promotion of community reconnaissance and scouting to ensure compliance with the provisions of the Forests Act of 2005 for the conservation of the forest."
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