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    "id": 947532,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. M. Kajwang’",
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        "legal_name": "Moses Otieno Kajwang'",
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    "content": "against pests. There are certain simulations that tell people that they can make close to Kshs1 million after seven or eight years. A lot of requests that we get are from people who ask for school fees and support on medication. If we encourage youth groups to come together and grow eucalyptus, pine and cypress trees that take long, eight years is not a long time. A child born today after eight years will be in Class Two. If a person can harvest the trees, make some money and at the same time contribute to tree cover, it is something that we need to encourage. However, we can only encourage it if we have the right information that can allow us to push it. Madam Temporary Speaker, in the last rainy season, I visited the Kenya Forestry Research Institute (KEFRI) somewhere in Muguga. I found a well set up institution in terms of infrastructure. They told me that the institution was built using donor funding from the Japanese Government. It is well kept and has people who are well committed. They encouraged Members of Parliament (MPs) to visit them more to pick trees and take back to their communities for planting. However, the trees are not for free. If you take them for free, they will not have money that will go back to the fund for research. However, if you want indigenous trees or talk to people who understand which tree can grow where, KEFRI is the place to go to. Madam Temporary Speaker, I have few cases that have come to the County Public Accounts and Investment Committee (CPAIC). In Kwale County, they decided to plant trees all over the county without doing a feasibility study. They decided wachawapande miti but the trees failed terribly. When they came to Nairobi, the explanation they had is that it was an act of God."
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