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    "id": 819313,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/819313/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nominated, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Cecily Mbarire",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13166,
        "legal_name": "David Ole Sankok",
        "slug": "david-ole-sankok"
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    "content": "Allow me to talk about community forests associations. I come from an area where we border Mt. Kenya. I have seen the role of community forests associations in that area. They are there but very poorly financed. They are not given the opportunity to plant trees in the forest or around it, so that the communities benefit from that. They are not able to ensure that the benefits trickle back to the community like the way the Majority Chief Whip talked about. He talked about the Mukombero roots. We also have honey. We should show the people the benefits that accrue out of those forests, so that they can see the need to conserve them. I hope that as we continue to enhance the work of these community forests associations, we should ensure that they are well financed. There should be a budget for them, so that they can take advantage of ecotourism as a way of raising money at that local level which can be used. It can be ploughed back to the forests. I hope that the Ministry will take up this issue and empower community forests associations with the necessary tools to engage and do what they need to do."
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