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    "id": 93764,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/93764/?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": "the sale of seedlings, cuttings and licences while the A-in-A under Development Expenditure is Kshs867.6 million. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Exchequer support for the Development Expenditure for the current financial year is Kshs1.1 billion against a request of Kshs4.6 billion. This is a 76 per cent decrease that could be translated into an underfunding of Kshs3.3 billion. Despite this, the Government has encouraged my Ministry to source for alternative funding. In this regard, my Ministry managed to source Kshs1.8 billion from development partners in support of forests development programmes. My Ministry will, therefore, implement various projects and programmes sponsored by the World Bank, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Finland, United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and African Development Bank (ADB). As mentioned earlier, my Ministry implements its mandate through the co- ordination of the activities of the various State corporations that I wish to detail. For the Wildlife Club of Kenya (WCK), I was given Kshs50 million. The potential in the youth to conserve and protect our forests needs to be tapped. The Government recognises this through the establishment of the WCK which conducts youth conservation education programmes on environmental conservation. The WCK depends on Government grants, membership subscription fees and limited appropriation or revenue from the organization’s hostels for its operations. To achieve its objective, the WCK requested for Kshs60 million but was allocated Kshs50 million leaving a gap of Kshs10 million. This amount of money will be utilized effectively to train, sensitize, and educate the youth on the importance of conservation of wildlife resources for posterity."
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