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    "id": 679483,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/679483/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Emanikor",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Joyce Akai Emanikor",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I rise to support the Report on the consideration of the Senate amendments to the Forest Conservation and Management Bill. As my colleagues have said, the Senate amendments were really thorough. We appreciated as a Committee and they enriched the Bill. Most of the amendments were to align the Bill to the Constitution. Some amendments were for the protection of devolution. It is not that this House does not protect devolution. The fact that we agreed with most of these amendments is evident that this House is serious in protecting devolution and supporting county governments. One of the amendments in Clause 5 is to increase consultations between the Cabinet Secretary (CS) and county governments. This is because communities and county governments have a big role and stake in public forests, particularly in policy reviews. We also agreed to change the classification of forests from national to public. It makes the ownership of forests more inclusive, in that it is a shared function between the counties and the national Government. Inclusion of a nominee from the Council of Governors (CoG) is also another point we really supported. The amendment on the Kenya Forest Service (KFS) to specify the benefits that go to the community is also one of the key amendments that we supported as a Committee."
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