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    "id": 947535,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/947535/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cheruiyot",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for giving me this opportunity. I rise to support this important Motion by my good friend, Sen. Kasanga. This adds to her already decorated career in the Senate of bringing matters of great importance to the country. This is just part of them. The idea of community forest associations gives one an understanding of a leader who appreciates that the kind of communities that we live in nowadays are not similar to those of the colonial times. I have observed a worrying trend in Government, where for most of the challenges the society continues to face, it imagines that they can be solutions without involving the resident community and the people that live in a particular area. Madam Temporary Speaker, today, we had a visiting delegation in the Committee on Energy about the oil spillage that happened in Kiboko area. We were shocked to learn that a CS formulated a taskforce to clean up the pollution that had been occasioned by the oil spillage. He involved all the big shots in the Government, for example, the county commissioners and chiefs, but not a single representative from the community. This is the kind of thinking that I am talking about. People believe that citizens are not properly informed to understand and surmount the kind of challenges that they continue to face. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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