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    "id": 615598,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Katoo",
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        "legal_name": "Judah Katoo Ole-Metito",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I beg to move that the Forest Conservation and Management Bill, National Assembly Bill No.49 of 2015 be now read a Second Time. This Bill is of great importance as it is meant to give effect to one of the most sensitive provisions of the Constitution, namely, the management of natural resources that is key to our survival as a nation. The Bill intends to give effect to Article 69 of the Constitution with regard to forest resources and to repeal the Forest Act, 2005. It makes provisions for the conservation and management of forest resources. The Bill is not complicated and it is divided into 11 Parts, has three Schedules and it runs up to 76 clauses. Let me just try to give some brief on the outline of the Bill. Part I deals with preliminary matters and makes provision for the application of the Act, the guiding principles of the Act and the natural forest guidelines. These principles reinforce the general principles enshrined under Article 60 of our Constitution that indicates the seriousness with which we take the management of our forest resources. Part II of the Bill is the administrative aspect of the Act. It establishes the Kenya Forest Service, describes its functions and provides for a broad way of managing the Service. This Forest Service will be a successor to the existing Kenya Forest Service in every aspect while respecting the principle of devolution as enshrined in our Constitution because forest issues, in some ways, are devolved."
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