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    "content": "Polythene paper bags litter every town of this Republic and even on top of trees. I remember we passed laws to control the manufacture of these materials, but nothing has been done to control them. The late hon. John Michuki, may his soul rest in peace, was very serious about the environment during the short period that he was the Minister in charge. He even banned noise pollution in matatus . He even banned noise pollution from preachers who preach at night and in the streets of Nairobi. That was done, but we have now gone back to square on. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, regarding the cleaning of Nairobi River, as you cross the Globe Cinema Round-About, you will see a beautiful forest on your left planted by the late hon. John Michuki. Although you have laws, these practices are individualized. What am I talking about? We have neglected our environment and, therefore, these amendments we are making to devolve environment to counties will have no impact, unless we have shown at the national level that we are serious. A good example is the forest cover in this country. Do you know that those ladies and gentlemen called foresters are actually the ones responsible for the destruction of forests in this country? Every time there are lorries full of charcoal coming from Kitui County where I represent. That is supposed to be a county which has no trees and requires the planting of trees. Forest officers are the ones responsible for giving permits for people to go and cut the few indigenous trees in the county for charcoal burning. It is these foresters who own the lorries and are responsible for destroying the trees."
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