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    "id": 637187,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/637187/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Dr.) Pukose",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Robert Pukose",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady. I want to support Hon. Lentoimaga’s amendment. Kaya elders living next to a forest may want to utilise it for cultural purposes. They should have the right to use such forest through an agreement with the KFS. Any other community living around a forest can have the right to utilise it for traditional functions. Hon. Lentoimaga is putting it out that without prejudice to the generality of subsection 1, the KFS may enter into a management agreement with any person who has acquired customary rights with respect to a public forest. The KFS has given the Kaya elders a customary right to perform their traditional functions within the forests that they live around. They need to be given that right. Secondly, in entering into an agreement under this section, priority shall be given to applicants from the forest community that is associated with the public forest concerned or persons residing in areas bordering forests. These are the only people who understand how to take care of the forest. They understand the value of that forest. Anybody from anywhere else might destroy the forest. They may want to collect herbal medicine from the forest for their customary use and they understand what they want to collect. I support Hon. Lentoimaga’s amendment."
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