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    "id": 847647,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Maara, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kareke Mbiuki",
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        "legal_name": "Japhet M. Kareke Mbiuki",
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    "content": "who is one of the biggest saw millers sitting in the KFS Board. Therefore, as a Committee, we shall recommend amendment to the Forest Act 2016 so that people who take part in depletion of our forests do not sit in the KFS Board, which is mandated to preserve forests. Hon. Speaker, allow me to register the Committee’s appreciation to your office and that of the Clerk for the facilitation during the investigation into this matter. I also wish to appreciate the House for contributing to this very important Motion. I also wish to sincerely appreciate the Committee members for putting in a lot of time and effort during this investigation. I will not forget all the stakeholders that we engaged, whose submissions have informed this Committee. Finally, allow me to also thank the Executive for listening and acting on all the matters that have been highlighted by this Committee, starting with the issues of logging. The action that has been taken with regard to the issue of logging was initiated by this Committee. Subsequently, it was taken up by the Executive. When, as a Committee, we toured Mombasa’s Kibarani dumpsite the other day, we raised serious issues, including the issue of dumping solid waste into the Indian Ocean. Thereafter, the President requested the National Land Commission (NLC) to de-gazette all the land which had been seized in Kibarani. As late as yesterday, the National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) demolished buildings which had been constructed in riparian area. I thank the Executive for acting. We have quite a number of buildings which the Committee and the multi-agency team have identified for demolition. We call upon the Executive to move with speed and bring sanity in matters of encroachment into riparian areas. With those many remarks, I beg to reply."
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