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    "id": 948782,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Zani",
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        "legal_name": "Agnes Zani",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, we all know about the issue of Mau and the need for the people to actually go through understanding that the forest cover is critical for everybody’s life. We need to think about the waters and rivers that dry up; the soil erosion and agricultural activities that are affected, with no trees to ensure that the rains we receive will not sweep away all the sand. Therefore, if we end up with these community forest associations, they can operate partially to target tree planting, but also for the general education on the importance of trees. That takes us to the next level. We can even tie it with co-curriculum, on the side where trees are being planted and why they are being planted. If this generation has not done well enough, then the next generation must be armed to do much better. They must be prepared; they must go through curriculum, and we must have clubs. I remember that we had a club through which we used to go planting trees; but we need to hype that level and make it mandatory. Madam Temporary Speaker, I cannot remember the exact country, but one of the requirements on graduation was actually planting trees. As you graduate, you had your ten trees to plant, and I thought that to be an innovative way of going about it. In one of the departments dealing with agriculture, for example, we could have such initiatives; that after the graduation or within a particular class, people can go and plant those trees. They can then come back to look after them and check on what is happening. What must also be needed are hype, advertisement and talking about it loudly to create that awareness. Madam Temporary Speaker, the reason that the Tsavo Heritage Foundation is approaching it from an angle of a marathon is so that through the awareness that comes as people are running, this education also infuses. The competition amongst schools is also very critical, because it allows them to compete and see who has done better than the other. Finally, in the long run, they will come and see what they have already done. It is, 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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