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"speaker_name": "Nakuru Town East, UDA",
"speaker_title": "Hon. David Gikaria",
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"content": "3. The nominees satisfied the requirements of Chapter 6 of the Constitution on leadership and integrity. 4. The nominees have never been convicted in a court of law for criminal offences in the past five years as stipulated in Article 75(1) of the Constitution. 5. The nominees have no potential conflict of interest. 6. The nominees do not hold offices in any political party hence satisfy the requirement of Article 77(2) of the Constitution with exception of one nominee, Umrah Omar who at the time was a member of Safina Party. There was production of evidence indicating she was a member of the party. 7. The nominees have never been dismissed from office under Article 75 of the Constitution for contravening Article 75(1) on conflict of interest, Article 76 on financial probity, Article 77 on restriction of state officers, and Article 78(2) on dual citizenship. 8. The nominees were nominated in accordance to Section 7(2) (f), (g) and (i) of Climate Change Act No. 11, 2016. The three nominees, that is, Emmy Mwende Waita, John Kioli Kalua, and Professor George Odera Outa, demonstrated knowledge on topical, technical and administrative issues touching on climate change and have the requisite abilities, qualifications, and experience to serve as members of the National Climate Change Council. However, Umrah Omar did not demonstrate knowledge on topical, technical and administrative issues touching on the indigenous knowledge contrary to Section 7(2)(h) of the Climate Change Act, 2016. Consequently, the nominee lacks the requisite ability and experience to serve as a representative of the marginalised communities of the National Climate Change Council. Lastly, I urge Members to read the Joint Committee Report of the National Assembly Departmental Committee on Environment, Forest and Mining, and the Senate Standing Committee on Lands Environment and Natural Resources comprehensively in order to fully appreciate and enrich the debate. I further ask the Members to adopt the recommendations of the Committee as contained in the Report. Just to highlight, this was a joint Committee between us and the Senate. The Senate will be discussing the same matter in plenary. It is true that when the four nominees appeared before us, each of them was given ample time of two hours. We sat from eight in the morning until eight in the night. As indicated, all the three nominees – Emmy Mwende Waita, Mr. John Kioli, and Professor Odera– demonstrated knowledge of climate change issues. Currently, issues to do with climate change are trending all over the world. If climate change is not handled properly, the situation that this country finds itself will prevail. It is going to get worse if we do not address it. If we get members into the National Climate Change Council who understand climate change issues, they will bring meaningful change. The three nominees told us that climate change occurrences are man-made. It is humans who affect the environment. It is us who have destroyed the environment to a point where today you cannot predict anything about the climate. They told us that if this is not addressed properly, particularly the emissions by industrialised countries, we will end up suffering. One of the things that this country has excelled in very well is earning carbon credit. We have planted too many trees. Trees are recipients of the carbon dioxide emissions as they give out oxygen. Being a recipient of the emissions from the industrialised world, we are supposed, as a country, to be… In Africa, we are the second biggest earners of carbon credit after Congo because of the trees and the vegetation cover that we have. Unfortunately, the Government does not benefit at all. The Government can be the biggest earner of carbon credit but at the moment we do not earn anything because that was taken up by individuals. It is 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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