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    "id": 449479,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Abdalla",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 382,
        "legal_name": "Amina Ali Abdalla",
        "slug": "amina-abdalla"
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    "content": "Hon. Speaker, the Government, through the KFS, has enhanced the protection of the water towers through the following deliberate measures: 1. No extractive activities such as logging or tree cutting are permitted in natural forests within the water towers and biodiversity-protected ecosystem services. 2. No development of major infrastructure that would result in substantive losses of forest or tree cover is permitted, including the development of dams. In addition, the KFS, together with the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) and other partners, are in the process of developing a Forest Ecosystem Management Plan. Protection of forests is being enhanced by putting electric fences around some of them. Forests which have ecosystem management plans include Mount Kenya, Aberdares, Mount Elgon and Kakamega Forests. Plans for Cherengany, North and South Nandi and Marsbabit Forests are in the process of being formulated. 3. Restoration of degraded areas of water catchment areas, including eviction of squatters. 4. Regulation of installations being made in water catchment areas, so as to minimise negative impacts on the water catchment towers. 5. Implementation of participatory forest management, linked with integrated water resource management, is on course. 6. Introduction of ecotourism in suitable sites within the forest reserves. 7. Establishment of Kenya Water Towers Agency to coordinate and oversee the restoration and sustainable management of all water towers. 8. The set up of a Water Tower Conservation Fund to mobilise resources for the restoration and sustainable management of the water towers. 9. Set up a joint enforcement unit, comprising of Kenya Forest Rangers, APC, County Council Rangers and the regular police to enhance the protection of the Mau Water Towers. 10. Commissioned Department of Remote Sensing and Survey to undertake rapid status assessment of 18 water towers in order to facilitate preparation of interventions. 11. Mobilisation of indigenous and local communities to form community forest associations in order to encourage them to participate in conservation of the water towers. 12. Mobilise other stakeholders to partner with the Government in the restoration of various parts of the Mau Water Towers, for example, Egerton University, the Kenya Commercial Bank and the African Wildlife Foundation."
}