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    "id": 1161867,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Kasanga",
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        "legal_name": "Sylvia Mueni Kasanga",
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    "content": "we doing? What capacity building are we doing to our farmers and our citizens so that they can learn to regenerate the earth? What other conversations can we bring about economic activities that do not deplete the earth to the level that it is, considering that our rain patterns have changed? You can see the kind of conversations that need to happen around climate change. They are in-depth and wide. It is true what Sen. Halake said that we have to integrate climate education into the school curriculum and equip our children. We need also to equip teachers. There is so much information that needs to be fed to our children so that as they grow, they are fully seized of the constant changing environment that we live in today. It is bad enough that we are in such a modern society where everything is always moving too fast. The technology has made everything move way too fast. However, there are also the basics that we need our people to be able to move along with; especially climate issues. If we do not handle climate change with the intent that it needs to be handled with, then we shall be disenfranchising ourselves as a citizenry. That will happen if we do not learn how to adapt and make sure that the generation is also fully seized of the issues that need to be taken care of. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, let me talk a little bit about afforestation. We keep talking about forests. In fact, this House has passed Motion about forests, planting trees, forest associations and such. It is interesting even when you fly out and around the country, you still see a lot of barrenness and bareness. In as much as there are all these organizations in the counties that are planting trees -some counties have active tree planting schemes and policies - there is still a lot more that needs to be done. The intent with which we should be planting trees should be such that we should be speaking trees on a constant basis morning, noon and night. In fact, maybe one day we should have a policy that says you should be able to identify how many trees you have as a person that can be attached to you. This is so that every child and human being who lives in Kenya can say “these are the trees that I have” because we are not planting enough trees. As long as we are having conversations on climate change, then trees must be a constant conversation and our children need to be seized of the importance of some of these issues. I want to thank Sen. Halake for this. Senator, continue being a champion of climate as you have always been. Keep at it. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I support the Motion and I hope it sees the light of day."
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