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    "id": 774664,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Osotsi",
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        "legal_name": "Godfrey Osotsi",
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    "content": "passed a very important Motion that provides for compulsory tree planting in schools and public places. We look forward to the Cabinet Secretary in charge, Hon. Keriako Tobiko, to fast-track it so that we can have a system where schools and public places plant trees. We can do more by investing in commercial tree planting so that we have an integrated policy of dealing with the issues of climate change, food security and many other issues that affect us. My colleague, Hon. Oundo, has talked about the issues of human activities and the effect on climate change. We have the Northern Water Collector Tunnel. This week we read in the Press that counties such as Murang’a have challenges of water shortage. In 2016, the People’s President, Hon. Raila Odinga, warned that in the next five years, we would have about five counties, namely Ukambani, Murang’a, Garissa and Tana River, becoming deserts. This week we heard complaints from people in Murang’a that their region would soon turn into a desert. When Hon. Raila Odinga spoke about this, he was condemned. At times we need objectivity when discussing matters of national importance. When Hon. Raila raised the issue of the Mau forest, he was condemned. In fact, that issue affected his political career. Now MPs from that area are raising similar issues about water challenges in the Mau. Sometimes when NASA speaks, Jubilee must listen to what we say. This is because we are objective and we care for this country. I am telling MPs from Murang’a to rise because if they do not condemn this project, their area will be a desert in the next few years, and they will leave a legacy as…"
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