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    "id": 819353,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Njoro, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Charity Chepkwony",
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        "legal_name": "Charity Kathambi Chepkwony",
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    "content": "cover unless we take planting of trees seriously. Therefore, the 10 per cent forest cover in this country is hard to achieve if we do not make sure that KEFRI, which does research and a lot of treating of tree seedlings with the KFS, is empowered in terms of funds so that we have enough tree seedlings. The CS in charge of forestry must take this matter seriously. It is about time we told each other the truth on how we can save this country. There are so many spaces in the forest areas which have no trees. The priority now is for the Ministry of Environment to ensure all spaces in the forest areas are filled up. On matters of eviction of people from forests, it should be done in a humane way and with integrity. The dockets under the Ministry of Environment must ensure they give civic education to the people. They should also come up with clear cut-lines and not multiple cut-lines which bring a lot of confusion in the country. The confusion they create leads to many people being affected. Once civic education is done and clear cut-lines are made, people will be prepared psychologically. Therefore, the next step the Ministry should be taking is to ensure we have enough and right production of tree seedlings; seedlings of species according to the weather of the places. It is time we supported the Chairman of the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources. It is time we walked the talk. We have talked a lot about forests but we are doing nothing about them. The agencies concerned with environmental matters need to be empowered to make sure we have enough funds to support what we are talking about. We also want the Ministry to lead by good example. Let us see the Ministry empowering the youth, women and Community-based Organisations (CBOs) to ensure tree seedlings are planted. The issue of conserving our forests is not a one-man issue in this country. Let every Kenyan plant a tree. Let the Ministry of Environment make sure the carbon credit programmes are known by Kenyans. Kenyans must be motivated and get civic education on what kind of trees are supposed to be planted where and when. I do not have a lot to say. It is very true logging has been damaging this country. It is high time we took action to make our country better. As I finalise, yesterday after watching NTV and Citizen TV, I will be celebrating one Maasai man who is a politician who surrendered a title deed for the land he held in the forest. This is the direction we should all take. This is the time we should tell the Ministry of Environment: Let the big fish in the forest surrender all the title deeds for the forest lands they hold. As we talk about making this country better, people should voluntarily surrender title deeds and make sure that they do not sell the land to poor Kenyans, who are the people who feel the effects of evictions. Therefore, I support this matter. United we can make this country better and increase the forest cover. We must also encourage the Ministry of Environment to encourage children to have the culture of planting trees. Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I support."
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