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    "id": 946126,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Luanda, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Christopher Omulele",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to raise this technical point. I have listened to all the Members who have spoken in support of this particular Report of the Joint Committee of Lands and Environment and Natural Resources. I have quietly looked at the requirements for us to allow the degazettement of forests for purposes of settlement of our people. It is a good intention. Section 34 of the Forest Conservation and Management Act No.34 of 2016 requires that one of the conditions that must be met is an independent environmental impact assessment (EIA) report which must be attached to the petition for excision. I have looked at the EIA report that is attached to this Report of the Committees and I am concerned that that particular EIA licence report that the Committee seems to have relied on is dated 24th January 2011. In its conditions of licence, it stated that that licence is only valid for 24 months from the date of issue. It would only be valid for 24 months from 24th January 2011. The Committee’s work is good, but this is a condition that the Act requires. This Report must be valid at the time the work is done. As much as I support the Report - and knowing the history of Chepyuk and Chepkitale settlement areas - it is my feeling that even if we let it go, this Report and the work that we have done will be amenable to challenge in the courts and will be nullified. I seek your direction, Hon. Speaker, to stand this down, so that the Committees could go back and look at this afresh, so that we can have a valid report and do a complete job."
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