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    "id": 818547,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/818547/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Maara, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kareke Mbiuki",
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        "legal_name": "Japhet M. Kareke Mbiuki",
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    "content": "There was a major forest degradation affecting both the indigenous and plantation forests. The affected forest degradation was hugely felt at the local level. The degradation of the forests was mostly due to lack of proper and strategic forests management. Equally, the tree felling and planting cycles were not properly co-ordinated resulting into a huge backlog and empty forest spaces. We had an opportunity to visit Mau and specifically Kuresoi North where we saw big chunks of land. We saw a clear cutline and a buffer zone. Unfortunately, the areas which initially were supposed to be rehabilitated are still lying fallow. No trees have been planted. We were, therefore, at a big loss on the sort of restoration which the Ministry was doing. This is because we have big chunks of land lying fallow and a clear buffer zone which had been created but no tree planting exercise had been done. What we have been witnessing are just ceremonial tree planting exercises and not serious exercises with a good financial backup."
}