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    "id": 616832,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Limo",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Joseph Kirui Limo",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, this has improved the benefits given to the forest associations. We should have a requirement that forest associations must have membership, taking into consideration the same classification I was talking about. In many places, including in my constituency, the forest associations are formed by a certain clique of people, who exclude the minorities and the youth. The youth do not benefit from such associations. Having listed many benefits that will accrue to forest associations, including but not limited to setting up industries that will use forest products to run, the minorities will not benefit if we do not introduce a requirement in this Bill. In my constituency, I have a problem. Harvesting of trees is going on without due consideration of the changing weather patterns. In the past, we banned logging during wet seasons. With the ongoing rains, there is a group of people who are going on with logging and destroying our road network. When the roads are destroyed, the local leadership is blamed for not maintaining them. Last week, the people of Kiplatiu in Londiani almost destroyed machinery belonging to a contractor. The workers of that contractor were logging and destroying local roads. We should have a way of ensuring that logging does not continue when we have rains. We should introduce a requirement to ensure that once harvesting takes place, the roads are maintained to their origin standards. That is because those roads belong to the local communities. We are not happy because when the roads are destroyed, we continuously deplete our limited resources to repair. The people who use those roads while harvesting trees do not take care of them. The Bill also encourages the opening of recreational centres around local communities. I support this provision. I want to encourage county governments, especially in Kericho, to set up a fund for establishing a recreation centre in our historical mountain called Kiptulwo Kipsigis, which is in a forest. It is a good historical site which can encourage tourism and create income for the local people. The local community should have a share. I support the variation of boundaries. There is a big market called “Hill Top” and we have a problem in asking for land to set up a serious market. There has been a conflict between the local community and the forest management. We should provide for flexibility with proper approval, now that we are bringing in the National Assembly in approving variation. This will help us create enough land in the “Hill Top” to set up a recreation centre. 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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