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    "id": 819278,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/819278/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mumias East, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Benjamin Washiali",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 151,
        "legal_name": "Benjamin Jomo Washiali",
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    "content": "As a Member of this committee, we took a lot of time compiling this Report and this represents our position. The Report has brought out serious challenges we are encountering in achieving 20 per cent forest cover by 2030 as per Government policy. The biggest challenge that we have had – a number of Members have mentioned this – is the engagement or deployment of forest rangers who have the responsibility of guarding the forest. You must have heard Members claiming that one forest ranger guards about 1,000 hectares of forest. Actually that is impossible. I think that is why we have been having this logging because one guard cannot manage to cover an area that is as vast as 1,000 hectares. Among the recommendations that we made in this Report… Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, allow me to read the recommendation under community forests association. I will read Recommendation Number 14: “The KFS should fully implement the participatory forest management policy to ensure that the community forest associations benefit from the forest since they host and protect the forest.”"
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