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    "id": 815742,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/815742/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Outa",
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        "legal_name": "Fredrick Otieno Outa",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. The Mau Forest issue is of national concern and it is time that we must address it, once and for all. The Mau Forest has affected us – rice farmers of West Kano – because previously, we used to have a lot of water in Lake Victoria. However, since people invaded and encroached on the Mau, we do not receive sufficient water each year to do rice production. That is why when other people are talking about compensating the illegal people who moved into Mau and destroyed it, we want to encourage the Government to move in immediately, remove all those people and return them to where they came from. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, if we entertain this cutline, we will then be entertaining and trying to please Kenyans to continue living in impunity. This impunity is what we need to correct. I know that there was a time when the former Prime Minister of the Republic of Kenya – who is now the People’s President – tried to address the issue of the Mau Forest Complex, but they politicized it. It has now turned round and the Mau Forest is fighting back. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I encourage the President of the Republic of Kenya not to listen to anybody. He should do the right thing and save Kenyans."
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