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    "id": 615534,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Lati",
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        "legal_name": "Jonathan Lelelit Lati",
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    "content": "ways and conserve our environment. In the United States of America (USA), since they got their independence, there is only one armed force that is under the governors and that is the Coast Guards. It is an equivalent of an army but is under the governors to ensure that the US coastlines and ecosystems are protected. We need such a unit in this country. Those counties bordering the coast should have armed coast guards to take care of our security and make sure that our ecosystems are protected. Earlier on, I wanted to speak on the wetlands of Kenya, because they have a direct correlation with the coastal areas of Kenya. Waters that remove vapours from the coast are the ones getting into our lakes. We have one of the most varied and beautiful wetlands in this country, but they are being polluted at an alarming rate. If you consider the Yala Swamp next to Lake Victoria, the second biggest lake in the world, we have just leased 7,000 hectares of land for people to farm. We now have pollution, erosion, pesticides and fertilisers being dumped into the ecosystem. Soon we are going to lose one of the most vital pieces of land around Lake Victoria region. If you look at Rift Valley, we have some of the most iconic lakes in the world, but because of population and degradation, lakes like Naivasha, which are considered wetlands, are now drying up. Nairobi is also a wetland and that is why the Maasai called it Nairobi; it had rivers. All the wetlands in Nairobi have been converted to malls and everything. If you go to Masai Mara, the Maasai conserved this country for so many years, but we have destroyed all the ecosystems. There is a reason why nearly all wildlife conservation is within Maasai land; I appreciate the fact that we give them a chance to bring our conservation and wetlands back and to take care of our coastline. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker."
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