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    "id": 947573,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/947573/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wambua",
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        "legal_name": "Enoch Kiio Wambua",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for reminding me to congratulate my friend who has won a lot of awards of global recognition, the founder and Chairman of the Green Africa Foundation, Dr. Isaac Kalua. He has done a tremendous job in conserving environment in Kitui County. However, the effect of deforestation in Kitui is really a disaster. We all remember the Senate had its sessions in Kitui a few weeks ago. What the Senators saw in Kitui is not what we grew up in. Kitui County used to have many trees. It was green throughout. However, because of the illegal business of charcoal, many of our forests have been destroyed. There are efforts though by individual Kenyans to plant many trees in Kitui and to reclaim the tree cover that used to be there. As the Senator for Kitui County in the last season, I decided to lead this campaign by planting 6,000 trees and other 1,000 fruit trees. I have not been very successful because of rain failure; I have lost quite a number of trees. I believe we, as leaders, need to establish private forests in our farms so that when we ask our people to conserve the environment and plant trees, they can see for themselves what we are doing in our farms. This will encourage them to plant a lot of trees in their counties."
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