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    "id": 474110,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Wario",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Ali Wario",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Deputy Speaker. I am presenting a public petition by the residents of Bura Constituency for the degazettement of Legal Notice Nos.39 and 40 of 2013 on the declaration of Bangali and Mbalambala as Forest Areas, Forest Act, No.7 of 2005. We, the undersigned, on behalf of the residents of Bura Constituency in Tana River County draw the attention of the House to the following: That, aware that Legal Notice Nos. 39 and 40 of 2013 carved out more than 123,000 hectares of land to create Bangali and Mbalambala Forest Reserves; noting that Bura is largely a pastoralists region, and that the majority of the residents have no other income-generating activities; that, the gazettement of the forest areas was done without the local community’s participation; that, the area declared as a forest area encloses local villages, including Tula, Bangali, Bulto-Banta, Madogo, Bisan Hargessa, Mbalambala and Areri, thereby infringing on the movement of the residents; that efforts to have the matter addressed has borne no fruit, yet competition for the limited farming and grazing resources continues to bring tension among families; that, the matter in respect of which this petition is made is not pending before any court of law or tribunal, Therefore, your humble petitioners pray that the National Assembly, through the Departmental Committee on Environment and National Resources, intervenes to have Bangali and Mbalambala Forest areas degazzetted and the land reverted to the community; and, (a)"
}