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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kiharu, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Ndindi Nyoro",
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    "content": " Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Definitely, I rise to support and give my comments. First, I congratulate the Committee, especially the very knowledgeable Chairperson, Hon. Gikaria, for a very elaborate Report. I have been going through the Report and I can clearly see intense hours put into the work to generate this Report. As you ruled before, this matter is very serious. I thank you for giving Members an opportunity to ventilate and contribute to this Motion because the National Climate Change Council is in a class of its own. Previously, the President of Kenya was the Chancellor of all public universities. That is no longer the position in the current situation of modern institutions. The point I am driving home is that it is very unlikely and scarce that you see a President chairing any board in Kenya. Especially a sectoral body. Therefore, this is just to show the kind of importance we give to issues to do with our climate and our natural resources in terms of sustainability and any other associated agenda. None other than His Excellency the President, deputised by the Deputy President, chairs the National Climate Change Council. The Secretary is the Cabinet Secretary responsible for that docket. This shows that we appreciate the situation we are in as a country and globe. There is great room for improvement. When we talk about climate change, it goes together with any other associated natural resource, especially forestry. That is why the Chairperson and this Committee are responsible for the issues... Even when singularly looking at natural resources, sometimes we think only about what is under the earth and mining. Looking at the quantifiable natural resources of countries like the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the US, and Russia, you see that the value of natural resources over and not just underneath is quantifiably monumental. Forestry provides a great asset to any country, especially if it is harvested in a sustainable manner. If you look at the current Budget Policy Statement (BPS), we have taken cognisance of the importance we should give our environment by allocating enough resources. As we also look forward to advertise that people harvest mature trees, we expect to generate a lot of 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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