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    "id": 769741,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ombaki",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Ezekiel Machogu Ombaki",
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    "content": "Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me the opportunity to contribute to this very important Motion. All of us know that years back, Kenya had a good percentage of forest cover. Today as we move from Mt. Kenya to Aberdare Forest to Kakamega and to Mt. Elgon, all that is gone. We know that the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources in their vision and mission have a target of ensuring that we get back the forest cover at 10 per cent. The issue is that the effort and the initiative they have made in order to ensure that the country gets back to where it was do not seem to be adequate. As the Mover rightly said, our forest cover is 1.7 per cent, which means we have a shortfall of 8.3 per cent. How do we cover that? There has to be a very deliberate measure in order for us to get that particular target. I support the Mover that in our schools and other institutions, we have to make it compulsory for our children and institutions to engage seriously in the planting of trees. In 1980 and in the 1990s, the top leadership of this country engaged seriously in conserving the environment and in tree planting. Each and every season right from the provincial level to the district, division and locational level at that time used to seriously engage in tree planting. A number of trees that we are able to see as you go to various areas in the country are those that were planted during that particular time. We know that there has been a lot of human interference both in cutting of trees and also settling people in water catchment areas; our water towers. We know water is life. As we move around in each and every part of the country, we are aware that water is diminishing. The biggest rivers we had are no more. The 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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