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"speaker_name": "Nairobi City County, ODM",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Esther Passaris",
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"content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to contribute to Hon. Irene Mayaka's Environment Management and Coordination (Amendment) Bill, which seeks to amend the law on the issue of cultivation of the eucalyptus tree. What is Hon. Irene Mayaka’s concern? It is the fact that our rivers are drying up for many reasons. We do not need to add to them. Planting the eucalyptus tree right next to the riverbed means that the rivers will dry up even faster. We have already seen that given climate change and drought, water scarcity is prevalent. Crops and livestock losses have also led to increased conflicts. Further, there are increased diseases, riverbank erosion, and wetlands degradation. We do not need to add to those problems. The eucalyptus tree is grown for economic purposes. It grows very fast but it is better to plant it away from riverbeds and respect riparian land. We should ensure that if there are eucalyptus trees around riparian land, they are cut down or kept at a distance, so that they do not affect the rivers because we need our rivers to flow. People should move away from the rivers for them to flow. If the rivers do not flow and they dry up, many people will start digging up the riverbeds. They then end up getting contaminated water and falling sick. We need to recognise that anything that harms the environment, or that denies us the water that we need for our animals, or that forces our women to trek for long distances to get water, is not progressive for the country. It is encouraging to see Members of Parliament standing up and saying that the KEFRI should be funded because we need seedlings that will be grown around riverbeds. We not only need to have more seedlings, but also the right seedlings. The Ministry of Environment, Climate Change and Forestry needs to focus not just on the eucalyptus tree, but on all the trees that are not good for our riverbeds and the environment. We need to tackle the issue of the eucalyptus tree. That does not mean that we do not grow it, but that we do not grow it near the riverbeds. We should have farms for growing eucalyptus trees because they are medicinal. They have many benefits. However, you do not need an evil to make a good. We have to get rid of the evil of planting eucalyptus trees next to riverbeds because they dry up our rivers. We need our rivers to flow. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker."
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"speaker_name": "Hon. Farah Maalim",
"speaker_title": "The Temporary Speaker",
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"legal_name": "Farah Maalim Mohamed",
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"content": " Member for Matuga."
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"speaker_name": "Matuga, ANC",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Kassim Tandaza",
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"content": " Ahsante, Mhe. Spika wa Muda. Mti huo, mkalatusi, hata kwa jina lake tu katika lugha ya Kiswahili, unamalizika na neno “tusi”. Tunajua kuwa neno “tusi” si zuri. Kwa Waswahili ambao wamebobea, huwa tunasema, “ashakum si"
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"type": "speech",
"speaker_name": "Matuga, ANC",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Kassim Tandaza",
"speaker": null,
"content": "The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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"speaker_name": "Matuga, ANC",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Kassim Tandaza",
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"content": "matusi”. Lakini mti huo tayari unaonyesha kuwa una balaa kwa sababu ukimzaa mtoto wako halafu unampatia jina kama “njaa” ama “taabu”, ushamlaani kuanzia pale mwanzo. Kwa hivyo, mti huo wa mkalatusi tayari una matusi, nuksi na balaa. Ndiyo maana umetufikisha pale ambapo tupo sasa hivi. Ukizingatia historia ya mti huo, ni wazi kuwa si wa kiasili. Uliletwa na mzungu katika karne iliyopita wakati walipokuwa wakijenga reli. Waliona kuwa hapakuwa na mbao za kutosha kwa hivyo wakaleta mti huo bila utaratibu, ufasaha, ama kufanya utafiti wa madhara yake. Kwanza, ieleweke kwamba huu sio mti ulioletwa kwa nia njema ama kwa kuzingatia hali yetu ya kimazingira. Ikiwa ni mti ulioletwa na saa hii unaleta madhara, basi hatustahili kuchukua muda mwingi kuuzungumzia huku tukijiuliza upandwe au uondolewe wapi. Mti huu hauwezi kufanya vizuri ukiupanda mahala ambapo hapana maji. Mti huu utahitaji maji ili unawiri mahali popote utakapopelekwa. Inamaanisha kuwa lazima upelekewe maji ikiwa utapelekwa sehemu isiyo karibu na mito. Je, maji haya yatatoka wapi? Hayatatoka Ulaya ulikotoka mti huo. Itabidi tutumie maji yetu. Hapo ndipo hatari inapoingia. Utafiti unaonyesha kwamba mti huu, ili unawiri, utahitaji kati ya lita sitini na mia mbili za maji kila siku. Hata binadamu hahitaji maji kama haya. Hili ni jinamizi au jini lililokuja kutumalizia maji na mazingira yetu. Hatimaye, litatuangamiza tubaki na mkalatusi ulio na matusi ndani yake. Katika sehemu ninayotoka ya Kwale, mti huo sanasana ulipandwa karibu na kinamasi au swamp kwa Kimombo. Hii ni ili nisiwe nazungumza na sieleweki nasema nini. Tulikuwa tukipanda mpunga. Kwa Kiswahili, ieleweke kwamba hatupandi mchele ila mpunga. Mchele huja baadaye. Hatuna tena zao la mpunga sehemu niliyozaliwa ilhali tulikula vizuri wakati huo. Hii ni kwa sababu mti huo umekausha maeneo yote yaliyokuwa na kinamasi. Sehemu nyingi nchini tunatumia maji kutoka kwa mabwawa kwa sababu mifereji haijafika kila mahali. Mti huu hukausha ardhi unapopandwa sehemu za mabwawa. Mabwawa nayo kukauka, husababisha madhara makubwa kwa binadamu na wanyama ambao wangetumia maji hayo. Mti huu hubaki kuwa nuksi hudhalilisha maisha yetu. Endapo mti huu utapandwa sehemu iliyo na kisima, basi kitakauka. Kikikauka, tunajua madhara yanayotokea. Huu mti hautufai. Tulikuwa na miti yetu ya kiasili. Kule kwetu tungepanda miti kama mikwakwa, mizaje, mininga, mikwaju, na kadhalika. Miti hii haikuwa na madhara yoyote. Pia, miti hii ingetumika kwa kazi nyingine zote ambazo mkalatusi hauwezi kutumika. Mara nyingi wenzetu tunaowaita marafiki kutoka ughaibuni hutupotosha na kutusababisha kuwacha mila, asili, na miti yetu. Walituletea miti ambayo eti inakua kwa haraka bila kutuambia madhara yake. Baadaye, sisi huhangaika na kurudi kwao kuomba misaada ili watutafutie utaalam ilihali wao ndio walioharibu mazingira yetu wakijua madhara ya miti hiyo. Kwa wale waliishi sehemu za Pwani miaka ya sabini na themanini, kulikuwa kunanyesha mvua kila asubuhi mjini Kwale. Usingekosa mvuke ambao kwao ungesikia miti ikivuma kwa unyevunyevu uliokuwa pale. Hakuna hilo tena. Hili ni janga kubwa. Ni sehemu nyingi sana za nchi hii ambazo zimeathirika. Nikiunga Mswada huu mkono, ninatoa kongole zangu kwa mwenzetu, dada yetu, Irene ambaye ameuleta. Nisisitishe tu kwa kuunga mkono. Ningetaka kumuunga hata mguu ili Mswada huu utiliwe maanani haraka iwezekanavyo. Janga hili litatuathiri sote na kutuangamiza ilihali tuna uwezo."
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"type": "speech",
"speaker_name": "Mhe. Farah Maalim",
"speaker_title": "Spika wa Muda",
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"legal_name": "Farah Maalim Mohamed",
"slug": "farah-maalim"
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"content": " Hoja yako ya nidhamu ni ipi, Mhe. Bady Bady?"
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"type": "speech",
"speaker_name": "Jomvu, ODM",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Bady Twalib",
"speaker": null,
"content": " Nimesimama kwa hoja ya nidhamu, Mhe. Spika wa Muda, kwa sababu ya Mhe. Tandaza. Ninajua watu huungwa mikono, lakini amesema anaunga Mhe. Irene mpaka miguu na ni msichana. Baadaye, anaweza sema anaunga viuno pia. Naona aiondoe hiyo."
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"text_counter": 362,
"type": "speech",
"speaker_name": "Jomvu, ODM",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Bady Twalib",
"speaker": null,
"content": "The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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"url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1499500/?format=api",
"text_counter": 363,
"type": "speech",
"speaker_name": "Hon. Farah Maalim",
"speaker_title": "The Temporary Speaker",
"speaker": {
"id": 16,
"legal_name": "Farah Maalim Mohamed",
"slug": "farah-maalim"
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"content": " Mhe. Bady Bady, umekiuka hoja ya nidhamu. Mhe. Tandaza amesema anamuunga na ngumi. Tangu tupate sera za Covid-19, watu hawaungi mkono peke yake. Ngumi pia ni aina ya salamu, ama siyo? Ama umesema unamuunga mahali pengine? Mimi nimeskia kama umesema unamuunga na ngumi pia."
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"speaker": null,
"content": "(Kicheko)"
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