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    "id": 909376,
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    "speaker_name": "Kuresoi North, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Moses Cheboi",
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        "legal_name": "Moses Kipkemboi Cheboi",
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    "content": "because, by the very nature of this petition submitted under this Act, it requires annexures, lists of proposed beneficiaries, intended variations or revocations and other adjudication documents that need to be presented together with the petition. So, it will not be okay if it is done in the normal way like other petitions are done, where there are no annexures. For example, in the case of Mt. Elgon, there is a list of beneficiaries. That needs to be scrutinised. Therefore, it is important we exempt it from Standing Order No. 223(k). On the other part, Standing Order No. 227 requires that a Departmental Committee responds to the petition committed to it within 60 calendar days. We seek to have petitions exempted from this provision also so that they are considered comprehensively by this House to satisfy the purposes of providing a reliable roadmap and their eventual consideration by the relevant Departmental Committees. The same exemption shall also provide opportunity for involvement and consultation of a myriad of stakeholders having stake in forest matters, including governmental agencies, non-governmental agencies and the private sector. The adoption of this Motion, which we beseech this House to be agreeable with, will ensure that petitions before the august House submitted under Section 34 of the Forest Conservation and Management Act will be considered effectively and sufficiently, given their unique nature and ramifications. So, in order to enhance the efficacy of this initiative, the petitions in question will be those that were submitted in this House since the commencement of the second Session. With those few remarks, I beg to move the Motion and request the Chair of Departmental Committee on Environment and Natural Resources to second the Motion. Thank you, Hon. Speaker."
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