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    "id": 1222792,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Wajir North, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Ibrahim Saney",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I have read the Report and I entirely agree with the proposal and the nomination of the members to the National Climate Change Council. Of importance to note is that climate change is never natural. Climate change is artificially infused. It originates from what we do to mother nature, and it is entirely the results of anthropogenic activities. Whenever we distort the equilibrium of nature, nature has its own way of revenging and attacking us. We have been so averse to nature. We have been deforesting, cutting trees, releasing carbon monoxide to our stratosphere, and the result is what we have at hand today, that is affecting everybody. Climate change affects all facets of the society, from food security, diseases and insecurity. Climate change can be termed to be the mother of all evil and must be fought from all fronts. It is clear that what used to be diseases that were common to some ecological zones are available everywhere today. You must have heard recently that we have new variants of mosquitoes which are hard to manage, and they are resistant to treatment. That is really the effect of climate change. About 40 years ago, people felt that climate change only affected Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (ASALs) and dry areas. However today, it is in Mt. Kenya, what we used to call the ‘white highlands’. It is everywhere. It is global. Time has come to deal with it squarely, and we need to mainstream climate change in all aspects of our governance. Hon. Temporary Speaker, I have gone through the Equalisation Fund and how it was distributed. It manifests that every region qualifies as an ASAL. In my view, it is genuine because climate change has reduced every region to be classified as so. Otherwise, it would have been only Northern Kenya. Before I dwell on the effects of climate change, it is time to synchronise our laws. We have various aspects of climate change in various statutes. If you look at the Agricultural Act, there is a casual mention of climate change. There is the very 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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