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    "id": 615490,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kubai Iringo",
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        "legal_name": "Cyprian Kubai Iringo",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity to support this Motion on the Adoption of Sessional Paper No. 12 of 2014. First and foremost, I would say that conservation of wetlands is a very important aspect of our environment. It is to conserve our ecosystem. Conservation of most of our wetlands or the riparian areas can enable us get water and balance dry and wet areas because this has become a problem. This is as result of many people who have been demarcating our land - especially land officers - who have been allocating those wetlands to individuals. Of late, it has become very difficult for the Government and other people to conserve those areas because they are owned by individuals. This Sessional Paper has given us the guidelines as to which areas should be conserved and set aside so that they can be protected and we get water. It seems like every other day, the desert is rolling towards us. Forests have been dilapidated because of the wanton destruction of forests and felling of trees. However, with this policy, we need to get a road-map as to which areas should be cultivated or conserved, what type of trees should be planted in these wetlands and riparian areas and how far one should cultivate from the river bed to where you should put other trees. Lately, I have heard that some researchers found out that eucalyptus trees suck a lot of water from the rivers. Most of our rivers are lined up with those trees. We find that even those rivers which used to have a lot of water when we were young have started drying up. Every time, there is hue and cry of water. People have resorted to go under the ground to look for water in the boreholes, which is very expensive and difficult to maintain. 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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