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    "id": 702095,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Abdalla",
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        "legal_name": "Amina Ali Abdalla",
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    "content": "(iv) The documents submitted by the Kenya Forest Service (KFS) indicated that they held many general meetings. It turned out that the meetings were only with Government leaders and Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) but not with community leaders from the area; (v) The community living around Boni Forest has lived harmoniously and has always conserved the Forest; and, (vi) The Forest provided various benefits to the local community and is a source of pasture and areas of cultural rites. Our recommendation on this Petition is that the Cabinet Secretary (CS) for the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources should immediately revoke Gazette Notice No. 943 dated 3rd February 2016 and degazette the Boni-Ijara Forest. Hon. Speaker, I go to the next Petition. The next Petition was by Hon. Silverse Anami, Member of Parliament of Shinyalu Constituency, on behalf of the residents of Kakamega Forest regarding deforestation in Kakamega Forest. He tabled this Petition on 12th April, 2016. His prayer was that the Committee recommends that the KFS, the National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) and other relevant Government agencies in consultation with the communities find a way of halting deforestation. Two, ensure that reafforestation with a view to restoring the indigenous forest is undertaken. We went to Kakamega on 5th August 2016, held public hearings in Isicheno and had a field and an aerial visit to Kakamega rainforest, and held meetings with the KFS. Our observation on this Petition is:- (i) The total area of Kakamega rainforest is not clear as several Government agencies were giving us different figures; This is very important because sometimes we feel that the KFS is shedding light to our question but it is basically a question of definition. The definition of “deforestation” is “clear removal of all trees”."
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