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    "id": 1222738,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Turkana Central, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Joseph Emathe",
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    "content": " Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker for giving me this opportunity. With a lot of gratitude, the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Environment, Forestry, and Mining has provided us a clear picture through an elaborate report on what transpired during the vetting of the four nominees to the National Climate Change Council. Today, the climate change issue is very important. It is a big debate round the globe. It is important to underscore the fact that the President, His Excellency Hon. (Dr) William Samoei Ruto is the Chairperson of the Committee of the African Heads of State and Government on Climate Change (CAHOSCC). In Kenya, he is also the Chairperson of the National Climate Change Council. As a country, that gives us the impetus to understand that climate change is picking a higher consideration. It is important to note that we are losing biodiversity and forests. We are not getting enough rains. The seas and lakes are rising at an alarming rate. The powers and functions of the Governments need to be integrated or mainstreamed for us to improve climate change. The nominee who has been proposed for rejection by the Committee was nominated on the grounds of Section 7(2)(h) of the Climate Change Act, 2016. She is supposed to represent the marginalised communities as provided by Article 216 of the Constitution. I recommend that we get another lady who is conversant with matters relating to indigenous knowledge as per the Act. This is a Council that will attract a lot of funding. It will monitor, discuss, and operationalise the Climate Change Fund. The Council will help us alleviate conditions of climate change, integrate, operationalise, and weigh the effects of climate change. It is important that we take it seriously. I thank the nominees that have been approved. I support."
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