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    "id": 819344,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/819344/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Bomachoge Borabu, Independent",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Prof.) Zadoc Ogutu",
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        "legal_name": "Zadoc Abel Ogutu",
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    "content": "forestry but we are expanding it to provide forest cover. It is causing a lot of damage to the water systems. What can we do? What should the Ministry advise farmers to do? We also have bamboo that has begun to be grown in Kenya. We can have bamboo as an alternative in some of the services that can be obtained from the eucalyptus tree that we know as a killer of the water system. Looking at the Report, I see an ingredient that would create a big change in the forest cover in this country. Having everybody to engage in tree planting and having a system that will be able to monitor the changes we are making on an annual basis through all the sectors be it the school, health centres, protected forests or the arid lands that are communal lands… If we can do some kind of benchmarking and be able to move systematically to evaluate ourselves on the steps we are making, we would be able to increase the forest cover in this country. About millers, we also need to see millers as partners in the promotion of forest cover, not as consumers. As much as they would bring us the money, we also need to find a way to ensure that the money that they generate and share with us is converted to create more forests in this country. We have also a number of opportunities. Forest covers have a lot of resources but we have not added value to these resources to make the communities proud to engage themselves in protecting these resources. I know my colleagues have spoken about herbal medicine that is drawn from the forest. We also have a number of minerals that are in the forests but we need to think of how to add value. What about the fruits in the forests? How can we add value and see that these fruits are grown in large numbers to be able to bring the forest cover and at the same time add food to the families that are affected? Finally, I would like to see this Report reorganised to bring out the new issues. The issues that have been reported are things that we know. What is new that we need to know and move forward? If the forests and the Ministry of Environment were to be advised, I do not see any tangible new things that are emerging from this report. Saying that we recruit more forest rangers does not make any difference. We need more than that. We need to engage ourselves in the issues that are affecting forest cover. Looking for alternative materials that we can use for construction will be one way. Also, promoting the other products that we use or we consume from the forest will also be another way. Putting forests on the farms will be the best way to make sure that we reduce the attention of the communities that are adjacent to the forests. It is a beginning, and as a beginning, I support this Report. With those few remarks, I thank you."
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