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    "id": 959557,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Kibiru",
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        "legal_name": "Charles Reubenson Kibiru",
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    "content": "number of trees they would have cut down. If we have such conditions on every project, we will achieve our 10 per cent forest cover faster than it has been planned. It is said that forestry products contribute to about Kshs8 billion of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of this country. That is an area that employs quite a number of people in terms of the wood products that we produce in this country. If only we could achieve the kind of forest cover that we are talking about by planting trees, be it exotic or indigenous, issues of some industries collapsing because of lack of raw materials to produce wood products will be mitigated. Sometimes we can allow farming in the forests, like it happens in Kinale Forest, but how do we ensure tree husbandry? There is also the issue of clean air. Talking about pollution in this country and across the world, we have many diseases, especially respiratory diseases because our air is contaminated. One way of mitigation and prevention is to ensure that we plant trees that can filter the dust and other particles that come as a result of the many activities being carried out. With that, we will get clean air. Madam Temporary Speaker, when we talk about the highways and infrastructure, there is a lot of carbon emissions from fossil combustion or fuels consumed by vehicles. It is important to ensure that both the contractors and people who live next to the roads plant trees. In the United States of America (USA), if a road is constructed and you live nearby, it mandatory to plant a line of trees, so that the emissions are first trapped by the trees before they get to your home. This is because emissions cause respiratory challenges especially to the young ones. Trees also provide herbal medicines. We have good herbal medicine where Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr. comes from. Therefore, trees have a lot of benefits, including medicines from the indigenous trees. As we plant trees, whether in our homesteads or on highways, it is important that we encourage people to plant those that have medicinal value. Trees are important when it comes to value addition in manufacturing. Trees are a source of raw materials for manufacturing or production. Mango or lemon trees or tomatoes and other types of trees are not only sources of production materials, but also good for our health concerns. Avocados are very nutritious and used in beauty care products. Madam Temporary Speaker, assuming that we agree to plant avocado trees along the way, I am sure that the people who walk along the roads would benefit from the ripe avocados. We will have a healthy nation. We will have the benefit of beauty of trees and landscaping that looks beautiful, which is therapeutic. Beautiful things give us hope and make us happy. We will have a double win because we will eat fruits and become healthy, as well as breathe good air."
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