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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, early this week, there are criminals who hid in the bushes and went to a place called Apuke and killed some people who were sleeping. They took many cows and cannot be traced. You cannot move because of these thickets. It, therefore, calls upon the national Government and the county governments on the ground to see how this plant, “Mathenge ” can be removed from these areas where we have problems. You will remember the effects that were left by the wattle tree in Uasin Gishu, where even if the plant was removed, it would cost a lot of money to treat the soil back to normal for crop production. It is the same scenario with this plant and the effects that it is causing in the region where it grows. We note with a lot of concern that this came as a donation in the form of research. We should have followed up with the scientists to find out how we can kill this plant. This is because what has a beginning also has an end. The researchers should come back and find out how they can slow the growth of this plant or even eradicate it completely. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we also have another disaster that has now attacked Lake Victoria, that is, the water hyacinth. I am told that when people who do not live very close to the lake see the green plantation, they think that it is land. Do you not think that all of us here need to assess the havoc that some of the experiments that were done, in the name of doing research, have left behind? We do not know how this plant spreads. A small “ Mathenge ” plant was put in pot in Turkana and now, it has gone all the way. We do not know how it spreads. The same applies to the water hyacinth. You will find it growing in even small man-made lakes and dams. The Government should determine how we can solve this situation. Somebody has suggested that we should create an economic benefit out of it, but I do not know what benefit we can get out of this. This is because the plant is very small with very dangerous thorns I have met some people who have suffered after stepping on this plant. The wounds do not heal fast because the plant is poisonous. We need to see how this can be removed, so that it does not spread as fast as it is doing. The Senate and Govenrment need to find ways of stepping in and recalling the people who gave us the donation to remove it."
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