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    "id": 820207,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/820207/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Laikipia North, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Sara Korere",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13134,
        "legal_name": "Sara Paulata Korere",
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    "content": "incentives to the communities that have really conserved this forest so that it can boost their morale of continuing to conserve it. Where I come from, talk of Ewaso Ngiro or Ngare Narok today; by January of every year, the rivers dry completely. Some of us are very unfortunate because we come from a part of Kenya that is very unequal. For so many years since Kenya got Independence, we have never been lucky to have representatives in this august House who would want to identify with small communities like Ndorobo. When Kenya was busy sinking boreholes and building dams for the people, some of us were left to depend entirely on Ewaso Ngiro and Ngare Ngiro, which are under threat from wanton destruction of the forest. It is not just about Mau Forest. We have so many forests in this country that are extinct because of human activity. A forest is a forest and human life is human life. I am speaking as a leader who is feeling so bad as I see my colleagues exchange bitter words because of the Report we are discussing here. We are talking of evicting people from the forest yet these people were living in that forest. The Government knows that forests must be conserved. When people were encroaching on this forest, there were leaders. There were Members of Parliament in this very august House. There were councillors in the defunct municipalities and county councils. Unless we get to the bottom of this matter; unless we name and shame the enemies of this country; unless we deal with people who con unsuspecting poor women who sell sukumawiki to save Kshs100 every month so that they can buy a quarter acre piece of land being sold by tycoons; unless radical measures are taken against the officials of the ministry responsible for land, what we are discussing here will be an effort in futility. Looking at this Report, I wonder who is fooling who. You see the Chairman of the KFS board interdict some officers and you ask yourself: Before this person comes to the conclusion of interdicting the officers, what was this Board doing? I think interdicting and reinstating the officers is not enough. People should carry their burdens. The buck must stop with someone. When you talk about conservation, you are talking about livelihoods. Members of this august House, when I talk about forest conservation, I must refer to the late Kenyan iron lady, Prof. Wangari Maathai, may God rest her soul in peace. What Wangari Maathai saw long before some of us finished kindergarten is what we are discussing here today. When Hon. Joyce spoke here, I realised that the spirit of Wangari Maathai did not die with her. The spirit lived on. It has successfully entered into some female species of this country. One day, this country will be liberated from corruption when we have leaders who speak from one side of their mouths. This country will be liberated when the honourable women - and I will not be apologetic to say women - take their mantle and lead this country. We are tired of corruption that is perpetuated by the men of this country over the years. We are tired. I am not going to…"
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