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"content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this time. This is a very important Motion knowing that we are faced with a lot of challenges in this country. Particularly, climate change is a disaster that is stressing the world. With a population of 40 million and estimated one million every year, we have a responsibility as a country to grow more than 100 million trees each year. If we compare with the 10 per cent forest coverage, then we have a responsibility as a nation to grow more than seven billion trees. With that estimate, I come from the home of Boni forest. I come from a county that has hosted refugees for more than 26 years. Over 500,000 refugees have been in our county for more than 30 years and firewood is the basic fuel source that they have. Do not even include the residents and people of Garissa County, start from 500,000 people cutting trees every day, then you can see the kind of disaster we are in as a county. I was on record the other time we had a Motion here and I talked about existing laws. If you look at the Forest Act, 2005, it provides for sustainable management of the forest resources for socio-economical empowerment and development of this country. That has covered institutions. I can see the red light is on, my time is up. I respect that. I am just saying that because of the short time even though I had a lot to contribute. Kindly Mover, look at the existing laws so that we can strengthen them and whatever is not in that law, we would be able to add and strengthen it. With those few remarks, thank you again for giving me this chance."
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