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    "id": 395462,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Munyes",
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        "legal_name": "John Kiyonga Munyes",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. It is just unfortunate that we have some amendments and there is no Member to bring those amendments to increase the scope of this Motion. But I want to thank those who have contributed and take this opportunity to say that this is a disaster, it is a legal issue as well as water conservation issue. As I said earlier, the new Constitution has given us freedom and rights to seek redress. From the look of things and the public outcry that is out there, we are allowing Mathenge, water hyacinth and other species of weeds to destroy the ecosystem, to bring poverty and food insecurity to Kenyans. It is, therefore, incumbent upon us to actually get ways of controlling alien species that actually bring disaster and affect the lives of our people. If you go to Turkana, you will find very many rivers that have dried up because of the mathenge tree. We have been proudly talking about Turkana having a lot of water potential, however, for as long as we have the mathenge tree standing, there will be nothing. It will destroy everything. I want to end there and hope that this Motion will control the expansive nature of"
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