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    "id": 947577,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/947577/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Langat",
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        "legal_name": "Christopher Andrew Langat",
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    "content": "That artificial forest you see in Kericho was planted at around 1979 or 1980s. It succeeded so much to that level because the communities were involved. The Government land was given free of charge to the people surrounding those places so as to plant their crops. They were then given tree seedlings to grow, as they also grew their crops. By doing so, whenever they were weeding and adding fertilizer to their crops, the tree seedlings benefited at the same time. That project succeeded so much. However, the worst part of it came recently when it comes to harvesting of trees. The communities were so annoyed that people who were coming to harvest trees from the forest were foreigners, and they did not know anything about them. They just came, logged the forest, and whenever they were asked by the communities around, they just showed them permits from the headquarters; that is, from the Ministry of Environment. The people from the Ministry were so corrupt that they could not go down to the forest. Those who were harvesting the trees just paid for them here, they then went down there and harvested more than what they had even paid for. Therefore, if the community had been involved; if they had become the first ones to be asked to pay for harvesting, they would have appreciated even when it came to the time of planting the same trees. Therefore, this issue of ignoring or neglecting the communities around the forests is what is contributing much to the deterioration of the forests in this country."
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