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    "id": 774720,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/774720/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Angatia",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Ayub Savula Angatia",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I thank the Leader of the Majority Party for the two-minute opportunity. I will not say much. I support the adoption of the Sessional Paper. First, this will lead to fulfilling part of our claim in Kenya that Kenya is based on an agricultural economy. If we destroy the environment, then we are destroying the backbone of this country. The solution to this is to adequately finance the infrastructural development in the Ministry of Environment and Forestry to ensure that we engage the Kenya Forest Service in afforestation. We should even recruit the National Youth Service force to assist in afforestation in this country. The retired President Moi really tried a lot. He tried the issue of soil erosion, but the main issue here is reforestation of depleted forests in this country. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, lastly, we should also guard against one issue, the issue of land and forest grabbing in this country. In Lugari, there are squatters who are settled on forest land. We are working out through the Departmental Committee on Environment and Natural 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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