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    "id": 947177,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/947177/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kuresoi North, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Moses Cheboi",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 329,
        "legal_name": "Moses Kipkemboi Cheboi",
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    "content": "people in Mt Elgon have taken care of the forest for a long time. It is only that issues have changed over time. It is now that you cannot utilise your land properly without proper documentation. So, we must be sensitive. This is one thing if it is done well, we will be able to assist those people so that they can also benefit like other Kenyans. There are going to be a few other petitions coming of a similar nature. For example, in Kuresoi North Constituency, we have brought a Petition of a similar nature but different in dimension; where we are asking the Government to give us only 10 acres of land which is already occupied by the Government. The petitioners are petitioning the Ministry of Environment to help them de-gazette 10 acres of land that is already occupied by Government itself. So, it is Government to Government. So, when I see Members like I saw Nominee 001vehemently opposing and saying that Government is grabbing, I thought it was a bit insensitive. Where he comes, for example, he will be very happy to say: Let us take care of Mau. If you go to his land, he has absolutely no tree that he has planted; not a single one. We must learn to be honest with each other. Everybody must participate in the conservation of forests. It should not be left to some specific communities or areas. It cannot be left to the people of Mt Elgon to take care of forests on behalf of the rest of us …"
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