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    "id": 93975,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Kiunjuri",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Festus Mwangi Kiunjuri",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, he is answering the question. That is why I am saying he is already asking a question that he knows the answer and that is against the rules of the House. However, what we have to do is just enforce the law. As I have said, for sure, there is encroachment and this encroachment was done when the laws were still there. It is the same way we went to referendum or you went to elections and you do not want to respect the laws. You killed each other when there was law that protects life. There were laws when the encroachment was done on those wetlands. That is why I have said to enforce this law, we must undertake to fence off all those wetlands and swamps which were illegally acquired. How can you acquire land that you for sure know is wetland? Even if you have a title deed to that, we are going to acquire it. So, we are implementing that. For example, we have fenced off 17 areas and we are targeting to fence off 500 wetlands and swamps which we have already identified. We are going to make sure that we clear 5,000 kilometers of eucalyptus trees and other unfriendly trees. We have only done 500 kilometers so far but we are going to ensure that this is done because those are the sub-catchments. We have already established 6 catchment areas; the Tana, Lake Victoria South, Lake Victoria North, Athi, and also the northern Kenya. But there are sub-catchments which we are calling growers and these are the ones that are going to manage the rivers. We have done 130, but we are targeting 5,000. Those are the issues that we are undertaking. If we enforce the laws, then all these problems will be properly addressed."
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