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    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve",
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        "legal_name": "Getrude Musuruve Inimah",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker for giving me an opportunity to air my views on this Motion. I want to thank Sen. Kibiru for coming up with this Motion. Trees have varied uses. They have economic uses; they can be used by carpenters. They also have spiritual benefits, aesthetic value and so on. We cannot forget the aesthetic value that comes with trees. It is very important to plant trees along the infrastructure projects. I was in Dubai at one point and you could see the aesthetic beauty of the environment that comes from trees all the way from the airport. This is a place where water is very hard to get. I tend to think that in Dubai, they prioritise planting trees along the infrastructure. Naturally, trees act as purifiers to the environment. It is important to have trees along the infrastructure, especially along the roads. When you think of the pollution that comes as a result of the fumes from vehicles, this has a negative impact on humans. When you breathe air that is polluted, it has a negative effect to the lungs. Some of this polluted air causes cancer. People who smoke heavily and those who inhale that polluted air are at risk. The fact that leaves are able to purify air, it is prudent that this Motion goes on and is implemented for the purpose of ensuring that our environment is safe and the air that we breathe in as we are travelling is safe. Apart from this, we also see trees coming in handy as wind barriers, therefore, reducing the amount of noise pollution. Noise pollution has a negative impact on human beings. Sometimes noise pollution can cause deafness when one is exposed to a lot of noise beyond the hearing threshold. Sometimes a lot of noise causes a lot of stress and mental disturbance that is not good for passengers, motorists and the drivers as well. I want to bring out the importance of trees when they act as windbreakers. When you are talking of windbreakers in a situation where trees are planted along the roads, they hold the soil. When they hold the soil and there are heavy rains, chances are that soil erosion will not arise. When soil erosion occurs, it will have an impact to the users of the road and this might cause accidents. We also need to look at the aesthetic value of planting trees along infrastructure because this has economic value for the area. It even increases the value of the place by 20 to 30 per cent. In a situation where someone wants to sell a property that is adjacent to an infrastructure that has greenness, then the value will go up. 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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