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"speaker_name": "Kacheliba, KUP",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Titus Lotee",
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"content": "5. Second National Communication to the UNFCCC, 2015; 6. Climate Change Act, 2016. 7. The National Drought Management Authority Act, 2016 8. Climate Risk Management Framework, 2017; 9. Kenya Climate-Smart Agriculture Strategy, 2017-2026; 10. Kenya Climate-Smart Agriculture Implementation Framework Programme, 2018-2027; 11. National Climate Change Framework Policy, 2018 12. National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan, 2019–2030; 13. Nationally Determined Contribution, 2020, and 14. Guidance on Climate-Related Risk Management, 2021. The Cabinet Secretary noted that the Ministry, through engagement with development partners, is implementing several projects and programmes. They target building resilience in communities and the ecosystem as well as abating and reducing greenhouse gas emissions. A few of these projects and programmes include the following: 1. The Ecosystem Restoration Towards a 15 Billion Tree Growing Programme: This program will help the country sequester carbon dioxide and enhance ecosystems that are critical for community resilience. 2. Financing Locally Led Climate Action, which is building the resilience of the local communities in 45 counties. 3. Strengthening Drought Resilience among Smallholder Farmers and Pastoralists in the IGAD Region, which is supporting resilience building in Samburu and Kitui Counties as a pilot programme, among others. The Cabinet Secretary further stated that, in collaboration with other MDAs, the Ministry has been assisting all sectors in mainstreaming climate action in sector plans. The following are climate projects under the State Department for Livestock: 1. The De-Risking, Inclusion, and Value Enhancement (DRIVE) for Pastoral Economies Project: The DRIVE Project is a five-year regional project covering Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, and Somalia. The World Bank Group and participating countries are jointly funding this project. 2. TWENDE: Towards Ending Drought Emergencies: Ecosystem-Based Adaptation in Kenya’s Arid and Semi-Arid Rangelands: This is a five-year Green Climate Fund (GCF)-funded project that started in 2019. The Government of Kenya (GoK) implements the project through the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development (State Department for Livestock Development), the National Drought Management Authority (NDMA), and Conservation International (CI). The main beneficiaries are pastoralists in 11 of Kenya’s Arid and Semi-Arid (ASAL) counties. They are: Garissa, Tana River, Isiolo, Marsabit, Samburu, Kajiado, Kitui, Makueni, Tharaka-Nithi, Meru, and Taita Taveta. The total project cost is US$ 34.5 million. The other project is the Regional Pastoral Livelihoods Resilience Project (RPLRP- Kenya). The Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, and Fisheries funds this project, leading the World Bank-aided initiative. This project is done in select counties to improve the capacity of the selected counties, including the semi-arid lands. The following are the projects under the National Drought Management Authority (NDMA): 1. Towards Ending Drought Emergencies (TWENDE), which is implemented jointly with the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, and Fisheries; 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": "Kacheliba, KUP",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Titus Lotee",
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"content": "2. The Dryland Climate Action for Community Drought Resilience (DCADR) Project is aimed at improving livelihoods and climate adaptation in arid lands. It started in January 2023. 3. The National Drought Emergency Fund (NDEF) has been set up and operationalized as a government instrument for financing drought risk management. The government so far has put in Ksh555 million, including Ksh200 million in FY 2021/2022, followed by Ksh325 million in FY 2022/2023, and Ksh20 million during FY 2023/2024. Of these monies, 50 percent have gone to the sector of drought preparedness and resilience; 40 percent to the drought response; five percent to drought recovery; and three percent to administrative costs. The Government, through the Ministry of Blue Economy and Irrigation, has undertaken the following five major water projects in the concerned areas: the Chemususu Dam Water Supply Project in Baringo County; Yamo Dam in Maralal; and the Groundwater Mapping Programme and Sustainable Development of Lake Turkana and its River Basin. In total, the government has pumped Ksh474,267,000 to orphans and vulnerable children, older persons, and persons with severe disabilities in 15 ASAL counties. Signed by the Cabinet Secretary, Ms. Soipan Tuya. Thank you."
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"content": "Hon. Lekuton, is that okay? Kindly give him the microphone."
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"speaker_name": "Laisamis, UDM",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Joseph Lekuton",
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"content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I thank the cabinet secretary for a very detailed and informative answer. I would, however, like to better understand the issue of climate change and pastoralists. For the last 10 or 15 years, there have been policies that target pastoralists for various livelihood changes because of the loss of their livestock. As pastoralists, we have not seen much change with any of those programmes. My supplementary question is, therefore, based on the answer on Page Four in the body of the paper about TWENDE: Towards Ending Drought Emergencies: Ecosystem-Based Adaptation in Kenya's Arid and Semi-Arid Lands. This programme was started in 2019 and should end in 2024. As I said before, we are very sceptical of these climate change resilience programmes. Therefore, I would like to ask the Cabinet Secretary's representative a question: according to the provided information, I understand that you are working on successful ecosystem projects from 2019 to 2024. Given that every study involves a mid-term review of each project, could you provide a single case study of a successful or nearly completed ecosystem project within pastoralist communities?"
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"content": "Yes, Hon. Lotee. Can you give me one?"
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"speaker_name": "Kacheliba, KUP",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Titus Lotee",
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"content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. The Cabinet Secretary has categorically stated that Garissa, Tana River, Isiolo, Marsabit, Samburu, Kajiado, Kitui, Makueni, Tharaka Nithi, Meru, and Taita Taveta Counties have received a total of US$34.5 million in response to the TWENDE Programme. Because of the volumes of those documents, I beg that one of those case studies be presented to the Member for purposes of his question. Thank you."
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"content": "Thank you. Member for Turkana South Constituency, Hon. Ariko."
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"content": "REQUEST FOR STATEMENT"
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"content": "ABDUCTION OF SAMMY EKITELA"
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"speaker_name": "Turkana South, ODM",
"speaker_title": "Hon. John Namoit",
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"content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for giving me this second opportunity to read this Statement. 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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