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    "id": 818603,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nominated, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Shamalla Jennifer",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "David Ole Sankok",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to oppose this Report. I first want to declare my interest. The Chairman of KFS is my brother-in-law. That is the extent of my interest. I am not involved in any kind of logging or other forest activities or carpentry. The reason for opposing this Report is in compliance with the Communication from the Chair last Thursday, 26th July 2018, where it was communicated to this honourable House that if a report is not based on any evidence, then it stands on quicksand. The Report has lashed out at the Chairman of KFS. It does not indicate anywhere, if he was invited to the committee and what he said. There is no primary evidence. There is no secondary evidence to be relied on. In the rest of the Report, they are talking about the River Café, which is based in the forest in Runda area. Indeed, it is the designated committee and the forest association, working in partnership with the KFS, who entered into a contract with River Café two years before the chairman was appointed by His Excellency Uhuru Kenyatta. This appointment was renewed as recently as 6th June this year. Indeed, it was important to also include the report of the Taskforce on Resource Management on logging activities in Kenya. The taskforce prepared an adversarial report on persons. In this adversarial report by the Ministry of Environment, there is no adverse finding made against the chairman, Mr. Peter Kinyua. It is against the principle in the rules of natural justice that somebody should be vilified in this House when there is no mention of that person in this Report."
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