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    "id": 87644,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/87644/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Dr. Wekesa",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Forestry and Wildlife",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 209,
        "legal_name": "Noah Mahalang'ang'a Wekesa",
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    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) No, I am not aware that the Office of the President is constructing a district headquarter at Chepalungu Forest. However, I am aware that the Office of the President wrote to my Ministry requesting for a status report on forest land that had been proposed for extension of Siongiroi Town with a view of utilizing part of it for the construction of the proposed Chepalungu District Headquarters. (b) Chepalungu Forest Reserve has not been delineated for construction of the Chepalungu District Headquarters. Consequently, my Ministry has advised the Government to look for the required land outside the gazetted forest area. (c) My Ministry, through the Kenya Forest Service (KFS), is committed to stopping further destruction of Chepalungu Forest and others through the following measures: 1. Repossession of irregularly acquired forest land measuring 88 hectares (close to 220 acres). The occupants of this forest land have already been notified. 2. Survey of the forest boundaries. 3. Surveillance to avoid any form of encroachment into the forest. 4. Rehabilitation of the degraded forest areas. 5. Enhanced forest protection to allow for natural regeneration of the forest. 6. Assist farmers to undertake intensification of farm forestry on farm lands to reduce pressure on the natural forests. 7. Strengthening of KFS and community partnerships through formation of community forest associations for enhanced participatory forest management programmes. 8. Educate the public on the procedures for alienation of forest land that requires approval by Parliament before land is degazetted for such construction."
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