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"content": " Thank you. Let us have Hon. (Dr) Nyikal."
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"content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for the opportunity. I rise to support this. Hon. Temporary Speaker, we have to live in the modern world. We cannot continue to do things in the old way. Climate monitoring and focusing are extremely important. There are very clear areas where we need to have this information. One is that everybody knows about climate change. The climate is changing, and the weather patterns will differ. We need to predict this to plan whatever we do in the short and long-term. If we do not have information, we cannot do that. We still depend on rain-fed agriculture in this country to a large extent. If we are to depend on rain-fed agriculture, we have to know exactly when the rains are coming to prepare the land and plant accordingly. Our farmers do not believe the predictions we get from our weather experts since we are not using up-to-date technology. We lose the seeds and fertilisers by planting when the rains are not coming. This will make it predictable. In fact, in some countries, if there is a prediction of when planting should be done, and the rains do not come, the farmers can sue the Meteorology Department. We cannot do that because we have not given them the technology they require, yet it is important. Looking at air and land transport, people travel the world in large numbers. Air transport is probably the safest. Being in a plane is 100 times safer than being in a car. That is because we have to know the wind and rain movement. That is extremely required even if you are not going on planes but on the ground and even in the lake. We equally get lost in the lakes. For example, in Lake Victoria, if we can predict and tell the fishermen that this is how the wind and currents will be, many people will be safe. We can be accurate for hours or even minutes if we use satellites. We also need to predict animal and bird migration and even disease vectors. We need to know when birds are migrating at a certain time. There is a problem that people in the Arctic, on the Island of St. George's, are worried about the bird flu amongst the birds. If we do not know or predict how the birds are moving, we can end up with an epidemic we are unaware of. Just even for mosquito control, we have been distributing nets, but we need to know exactly when to distribute nets. When we are doing indoor residual spraying to control mosquitoes, we need to know when the rains will come, when the mosquitoes will breed, and when we give the nets. We are discussing a Bill in the House on disaster preparedness and management. The biggest disasters we have here are drought, floods, and landslides. We can predict all these things if we have proper weather forecasting and monitoring. The only way to do it is by going digital and getting these satellites in the air. It will protect our people by predicting disasters and diseases and determining when to plant them. Thus, we will live in harmony with the environment. With that, Hon. Temporary Speaker, I support. Thank you."
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"content": " Thank you. The Hon. Member for the Dagoretti South, do you want to speak on this?"
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"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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"content": "Okay. Hon. Yusuf. Go ahead."
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"content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for allowing me to contribute to this Motion by Hon. Haro. The world is now in the era of technology, and we need to embrace technology. What Hon. Haro has brought today is something that we need to embrace as a country. If you remember, during the floods and the drought season, there was a lot of confusion when the Meteorology Department warned about the floods and the drought. Even the President himself doubted the verdict or the announcement by the meteorologists. That clearly shows that the method we are using now is outdated, inaccurate, and cannot be relied upon. It is time to now migrate from outdated technology to a new level of technology. Hon. Temporary Speaker, as we know, many things are happening. The country is shifting from analogue to digital. It is also the right time to shift from the original method of focusing to a satellite way of doing things. Where I come from, in Northern Kenya, it is very difficult for the meteorologists and even the locals to understand and determine the weather forecast. The climate has changed and completely disrupted everything that the traditional people were used to doing. People used to look at the moon, others at the stars, and others at the sky to confirm and know exactly when the rains were near or when the drought was coming. But since climate change happened, everything has gone upside down. People cannot predict exactly when they will get rain and when there will be drought. Therefore, this must necessitate a different method of weather forecasting. Hon. Temporary Speaker, developed countries, such as Saudia Arabia, use satellites to see the moon before we see it here in Kenya during the month of Ramadhan. That has clearly shifted the dimension of how the moon is sighted in this world. We should also use satellites to predict and forecast the weather and see exactly what time we should expect rain so that people can prepare. If there is drought, pastoralists can migrate to look for better pastures and water. If rain is expected, they can stay in a particular area. This Motion was brought at the right time; it is a Motion we all need to support and embrace as a country to get accurate data from meteorologists. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me the opportunity."
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"content": " Member for Mogotio."
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"content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. This Motion, as has been said by other Members here, is timely. In our country, for far too long, we have relied on traditional forecasting methods, where some look at the stars. Others look at animal intestines to predict weather patterns and whether it will rain or not. This has caused our farmers very serious losses in planting and cattle keeping because they do not know the weather patterns and whether it will rain. We rely on rainfall for our farming and livestock. It is timely to have this technology to salvage our farmers so that when they plant, they can be sure that the rain will be adequate. The livestock keepers will also know if there will be pasture or not so that they can reduce the number of livestock to survive the tough climate change times we are in. We are faced with serious climate change impacts, which is a global phenomenon. The best we can do is to prepare our citizens for such hard climate change times so that they are versed with the changing weather patterns. Unlike before, climate change has made the weather patterns different. In some seasons, it used to rain in March and April, but it now rains in January, an unheard of phenomenon where some of us come from. To cure this, the best thing to do is to embrace technology. The only way we can embrace technology is by supporting this Motion so that we are in a position, as a country, to lead our people more organised with predictable climate patterns. Sometimes, people resolve to live in myth because of a lack of data, technology, and information. When the Cabinet Secretary for Environment comes here, I would like to ask her 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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"content": "about an airplane that does cloud seeding when it is about to rain at our place and makes the rain disappear. To avoid such and be in a safer environment regarding preparedness, let us support this Motion. I support it. We are here on behalf of the people, and our interest is that of the people. We must save them from losses during planting by informing them whether there will be enough rain to sustain the crops they plant. To save people from losses, let us support this Motion. Thank you."
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