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    "id": 819386,
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    "speaker_name": "Kasipul, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Charles Ong’ondo",
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        "legal_name": "Charles Ong'ondo Were",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for the opportunity. I rise to oppose the amendment. It is on record within the committee that I am the one who raised the alarm of the existence of a hotel in Karura Forest which was confirmed to be owned by Mr. Kinyua. It is so absurd that we are removing squatters from the forest due to deforestation while now the person who is in charge of taking action is the one who was doing deforestation by owning a hotel in the forest. During the same session, Mr. Kinyua did not even take time to defend that. So, it was in question. This one should be on record and as the Departmental Committee on Environment and Natural Resources, in Mombasa we were surprised somebody owned nine acres within the sea which so many Kenyans did not know. That was the first area which we were really against. The Government is really supporting and putting a lot of funds to put up boreholes and dams while on the other hand an officer who is in charge as the head and chair of conservation now goes on to put a hotel. It was unethical. The other issues which were raised are generally even in Parliament, there are hours which are stipulated as working hours. You cannot be in Parliament at midnight unless a notification is put on that. The management skills within the KFS under Kinyua were still wanting because he went to the office, and evidence was shown, at night, wrote a letter for sacking officers when the board had not sat. When we were getting some comments from regional conservators, a case emerged whereby Kinyua talked with one in charge of the North Rift region as he released him quietly and by the time the regional conservator reached the station, the gate was locked. He could not even get in. We summoned Kinyua with his board and he did not appear. The board members who were present actually contradicted all issues which he had previously presented. So, in support on that, it is even better because his management skills were questionable. He was running the KFS as a personal property which is contrary to the law of the board. I, therefore, stop at that and really oppose the amendment which has been brought to the House."
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