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    "id": 818569,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/818569/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "North Horr, FAP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Chachu Ganya",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Francis Chachu Ganya",
        "slug": "francis-ganya"
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I want to conclude because there are colleagues from the Committee who want to contribute. We also learnt that logging activities are banned and the moratorium is in force. Last weekend, we were in Lamu following a Petition by Hon. Ruweida requesting that we suspend the moratorium especially on the mangrove forests in Lamu. While we were there, we observed that the blanket ban on logging needs to be well informed because there are small communities in small islands in the county that are really suffering. Their whole livelihood, especially for Lamu, revolves around mangrove resource. It is a source of employment, local economy, culture and the entire social economic lifestyle of the people of the Island. We were all convinced that we really need to relook at the whole issue of moratorium on logging, so that we can deal with areas such as Mau, Aberdares, Mt Kenya and others where illegal logging is happening. But where there is sustainable resource utilisation and sustainable forest management, we should relax or suspend the moratorium and enable local communities to thrive."
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