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    "id": 617736,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/617736/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kubai Iringo",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Cyprian Kubai Iringo",
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    "content": "Therefore, I strongly support that this Bill should be passed so that we can protect these areas. Forests are very essential. In Kenya, the forest cover is being destroyed every day. Once we destroy our forests we will not have habitat for wild animals. We need areas for the protection of wildlife. We also need areas for flora and fauna to thrive. At the same time it is a tourist attraction. Hon. Speaker, I will cite an example of Nyambene Forest in my county. When we were young, it had canopy such that you could not see outside. Currently, it has been destroyed due to encroachment by charcoal burners, hunters, firewood fetchers and timber for building materials. They cut trees and, therefore, the forest is almost no more. In essence, it is affecting the streams and rivers that originate from that area. Those streams which used to run from Nyambene Forest all the way to Tana River do not even get half way. They dry upstream because of the encroachments and destruction. Therefore, putting in place laws which will protect these areas will save forest cover and rivers. The future generations will easily get water and not incur expenses of looking for water by digging boreholes and collecting rain water."
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