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    "id": 443971,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kombe",
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        "legal_name": "Harrison Garama Kombe",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Speaker. I wish to seek three clarifications. First, I wish to thank the Chair and the Committee for the comprehensive report but all the same the poverty levels in the area are too high such that when you say you want firewood, the farmers go to the extent of even cutting the young trees that are not really mature enough. On the measure which they have put here of having a local environmental committee, I wish to ask the NEMA people to consider having the political leadership in the committee because it has been left out here. Two, they are claiming that they have 2,000 acres of land. May I put it across this House that, that parcel of land they are claiming to own is under dispute as we speak. Even as I speak here the area Member of the County Assembly (MCA) is at the police station being grilled over that parcel of land because the residents have totally refused to give it up. This is because they say the company encroached on that land and they now want to use it for their own purpose of growing trees instead of the residents using that land for agricultural purposes. Hon. Speaker, again that is the only area where fresh water is obtained. At one time this salt company went and put salt bags into the water wells of which I took the initiative and cleared. As we speak, they have gone and covered three water wells. They again want to use the two that are left for the residents for their own purpose of which if no action will be taken sooner or later that place will be on fire. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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