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    "id": 947186,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/947186/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kuresoi North, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Moses Cheboi",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Moses Kipkemboi Cheboi",
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    "content": "As we castigate the people who have conserved forests for a long time, we must also be sensitive that they are humans and are supposed to benefit in terms of direct use of that land so that they can grow economically like everyone else in Kenya. I do not think that the Government or any other institution compensates them for conserving the forest. The Government of Kenya can be compensated by being given carbon credit. But carbon credit does not go to individual farmers and individual human beings who live in the forests. These are the things we need to consider so that when I have land, like I have some land, I am given an opportunity to plant trees for taking care of the environment on behalf of humanity. That is critical. This is the Ministry of Environment. This is the Government. This is Executive saying these citizens deserve this. That is a key thing. It is good. It is a constitutional phenomenon that came out of the 2010 Constitution. Therefore, they have taken that advantage. In Kuresoi, we were not very greedy. We were asked: Is 10 acres sufficient? We said we did not need more. Nineteen acres has been cleared. Government is already occupying it. We do not want the entire 19 acres. We want to help the Government to plan for 9 acres. We do not want to use another amount from Government to go and buy land far from where it is. It is in a town called Kuresoi. We want to build DO’s office, DC's office, county offices and agriculture offices in only 10 acres. Somebody will come here and say we should not give them and yet, we are not even the ones who participated in clearing that forest. That is why I am saying what those people have done is good. What the people of Kuresoi have done is good by not asking for 1,000 acres to settle some of the other people who are landless. We have said first, before we even go to settlement issues that we need to consider, let us first take advantage and have Government come close to the people so that we are able to speak to the Government and tell them there is something more we require."
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