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    "id": 820117,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/820117/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Ugunja, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Opiyo Wandayi",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "James Opiyo Wandayi",
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    "content": "You must remember that the Mau Forest, as a water tower, is not just about a community or ethnic group. It is about Kenya, the region, Africa and the world. The rivers that flow from the Mau Forest feed Lake Victoria, which serves humanity from the source of the Nile in Jinja down up to Egypt. In fact, it goes up to the Mediterranean Sea. So, it is not an easy or small matter that requires people to go and start playing cheap politics. The moment you start going to the Mau and raising tension between communities that live around there, you are doing disservice even to those who we are purporting to protect. As I said earlier on, anybody who is encroaching on the Mau is an enemy of the people of Kenya regardless of his stature in life or ethnic origin. Finally, I commend the President. We have seen in the last couple of months that where there is political will, everything is possible. The kind of moves and actions we have seen in the last couple of months where those we could not imagine before that they could be arrested are being arrested and charged in court is laudable. It is happening because of a demonstrated political will from the top most office. That will is what we shall count on if we are to address the issue of the Mau. The moment you start looking at the politics, then you are done. Without really belabouring the point, I wish to support."
}