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    "id": 615604,
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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": "improve it. The part on trade prohibits trade in restricted forest produce, which include endangered specifies of trees or forest products. In order to protect endangered forest species, trading on such produce is restricted. There is need for enforcement and compliance to these restrictions. This is explained under Part VIII of the Bill. As I said earlier on, some employees of the Kenya Forest Service are uniformed while others are not. The uniformed employees are meant for enforcement of the provisions of the Act. The forest sector needs enforcement agents. The enforcement officers must be given teeth within the provision of the law, so that we can achieve what is envisaged by the Act. I started by talking about the Director-General of the Kenya Forest Service. He will have powers of gazetted officers under the Act. We have previously talked about gazetted officers. Gazetted officers serving in the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) or the National Police Service or the Forest Service have powers of police officers in exercise of their daily duties. In a nutshell, that is what this Bill talks about. There are some miscellaneous issues to do with maintenance of the registers, a place for international instruments, covenant and agreement, and cooperation among county governments since this is a shared responsibility. The Environmental Management and Coordination Act of 1999 shall apply on any other matter relative to conversation and protection of the environment. In conclusion, this is a Bill concerning counties and, therefore, it will have to be referred to the Senate once we pass it. The Bill will occasion expenditure of public funds once enacted into law. The funds will be provided through our annual Budgets. With those few remarks, I beg to move and request Hon. Johnson Sakaja to second the Bill."
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