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    "id": 616798,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/616798/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kiptanui",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 52,
        "legal_name": "Jackson Kiplagat Kiptanui",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this Forest Conservation and Management Bill. As we debate this Bill, it is good to note that a few weeks ago, there was a conference which took place at Safari Park, where quite a number of members of parliament from this Continent attended. The main issues they were discussing were to do with climate change. Two weeks ago, over 150 leaders of the world, especially a number of heads of state including our President, were in Paris, France, to attend a United Nations (UN) Summit to save the earth from adverse effects of climate change. We are all aware that issues to do with climate change are not only environmental but also affect our social, political and economic life. Some of the measures that are being deployed to contain this global warming and climate change challenge include issues to do with increase of forest cover to at least 10 per cent in each and every county. If we do not play a key role as a country in conserving our forest and our environment we should be ready to adapt to the changing climatic conditions. We should be ready to adapt to the changing temperatures and rainfall patterns. We should also be prepared to face the challenges of"
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