Entry Instance

HTTP 200 OK
Allow: GET, PUT, PATCH, DELETE, HEAD, OPTIONS
Content-Type: application/json
Vary: Accept

{
    "id": 797770,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/797770/?format=api",
    "text_counter": 144,
    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Prof.) Ongeri",
    "speaker_title": "",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 124,
        "legal_name": "Samson Kegeo Ongeri",
        "slug": "samson-ongeri"
    },
    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I appreciate the answer given by the Chairperson of the Committee on Land, Environment and Natural Resources, Sen. Mwangi Githiomi. One of the biggest problems that we are encountering today is the on- site management of the riparian land. There was a time when the Government came up with the valley bottoms development and skewed up the policy. It threw away the caution on the question of management of the riparian land. Consequently, there was an invasion because they thought that it was a good thing to plant vegetables and other items within the riparian land. Unfortunately, you will notice that several riparian lands in many other areas have eucalyptus trees planted on them. This has caused water shortages in many places. What is the Government doing? I appreciate the new laws that have been put in place but what is the Government doing now in order to re-educate the people to appreciate and understand that riparian areas are very important for our ecosystem and water preservation and conservation? Does the population also know that they are good for clean water? Nairobi River has been polluted once again after the late Michuki did an enormous job in trying to reclaim the riparian levels. Part of the climate change that we are witnessing today and the floods is because we have denuded our riparian lands and the hilltops which are now bare. What is the Government doing to educate the people because sometimes people are not to blame for what they are doing today. At one time, they were told that this is the best way to go and suddenly, there is a change of law. What are we doing to re-educate the masses that the riparian lands are very important for the survival of our ecosystems?"
}