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    "id": 942252,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Bomet Central, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Ronald Tonui",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Ronald Kiprotich Tonui",
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    "content": " Thank you. I am guided. Of course, we know the people who are living in these areas. We also have children and they need to transition 100 per cent from secondary schools to tertiary institutions. That cannot happen when we have the Government harassing them. It is the same Government which we truly supported 100 per cent. We misguided the same people who are being evicted that we were about to elect angels to office. It is unfortunate that the same people have retreated. What we see is the face of the Cabinet Secretary for Environment and Forestry and regional commissioners who are simply appointees of “UhuRuto”, which we used to sing loudly in public rallies. However, they are the people who control power. We should appeal to them to ensure that the people are allowed to enjoy their parcels of land, for which they have title deeds. At least, they should be relocated somewhere. I do not understand when we are told that tea estates are forests and do not affect the environment, but tea plantations planted by the people in the same area do not assist as a form of forest cover. It is quite absurd. It is the height of hypocrisy which we have as the Jubilee Government. It is so unfortunate when we continue to harass our people and have their children not get quality education. Their future is compromised by the actions of the people in power whom I consider real hypocrites. They own pieces of land in forests and they never comment on it, but they only concentrate on parcels of land owned by the poor. This is very unfair. When we get heavy rains like the ones we are currently having, we need to associate the same with the Mau Forest. We have protected the Mau Forest. People in that area have protected The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
}