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    "id": 1220371,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kipipiri, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Wanjiku Muhia",
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    "content": " Thank you. I will speak on green energy quickly. The Government needs to invest in this because climate change is not only a threat, but also a disaster in current times. Food security is also a threat that is now common in the whole of Africa. The Government, through the Ministry of Water, Sanitation and Irrigation, may need to consider how we harvest water in areas prone to flooding and other disasters. That can be done by engaging the public in afforestation programmes very strongly through the larger presidential programme. I promise to do more on afforestation in Kipipiri. The EU should also offer sustainable modern farming techniques. I have seen in this Report that there was a call to the EU to ensure that the cost of compliance is not transferred to producers. Hon. Temporary Speaker, because you come from Gilgil Constituency, I am sure you are aware of what happens in Naivasha. Our flower farms have a high cost of production because the kind of pesticides they are advised to use are sometimes not affordable to the ordinary farmers who do the French Beans and such other crops. As much as these joint assemblies indicate they are in one way or the other helping Africa or every other participant, including themselves, they must also look at other ways of making it happen. Hon. Temporary Speaker, these joint assemblies are necessary. However, it is important as a country to find out why some countries are exiting. We have read in this Report about country after country having exited, the recent one being South Africa. Why are countries exiting from these joint associations? When we go for bilateral agreements such as EPA and Kenya leads the talk, we do the signatures, but find our neighbours like Uganda and Tanzania getting very hesitant, we need to find out how to ratify protocols together. Finally, on trade negotiators, I agree fully with Hon. Jared that we need very strong trade negotiators. We are aware, for instance, that the issue of the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) cost a huge amount of money. When you travel by train, you see quite a number of houses constructed along the railway line. I do not believe they are ever used. We need to do that in every bilateral agreement that we are required to ratify as a country. With that, I thank you very much and support this Report."
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