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    "id": 1223569,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cheruiyot",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Majority Leader",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot",
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    "content": "by our predecessors. Back when we were young and even for those who are much older, tree planting and generally being mindful of littering the environment, is something that they were accustomed to. Unfortunately, one of the ugliest scenes that you will see is a well cultured, properly educated, very wealthy and sometimes intelligent looking Kenyans, behaving in a stupid way when it comes to matters of environment. Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is not unusual to drive down Kenyatta Avenue and see somebody open the window of a brand new Mercedes or Range Rover; and throw out a trash of Coca Cola can or something else. You then wonder what goes on in the minds of such people. Who do they imagine will wake up to just come and pick the trash that they have thrown out of their window? We have become what is colloquially referred to as environmentally stupid. We do things that continue to hurt our climate but do not bother or mind. If you move around the world--- The privilege of serving as a Member of Parliament (MP) affords each one of us the chance to travel far and wide to almost every corner of the globe. If you travel to many cities, one of the things that continues to distinguish between cities that are well planned, organized, have order and decency, is generally how they take care of the climate and environment. The policies that they espouse and the decisions that are made by the leaders, to ensure they guide and take good care of our environment--- Mr. Speaker, Sir, that is the work of this Council that we are putting together, courtesy of an Act of Parliament that we passed here in 2016. The Act established this NCCC. I am happy, because when we had the debate on this Bill, I remember quite vividly, we said that it is good because the environment has become such a topical issue globally. We said that this Committee should be chaired by none other than the President of this country. Actually, this is one of the few functions that we assigned directly to the Office of the Deputy President. We insisted by law – and it is in this Act – that the Vice Chair of this Council is the Deputy President. Mr. Speaker, Sir, we did this because we considered this to be an extremely important Council. This Council will generate and guide the country in making environmentally smart laws. They are responsible for putting together pieces of legislation, policies and generally guide society on how to take care of our environment. Therefore, my wish is that this Committee settles down and get on with business. Let them begin the very beautiful exercise of ensuring that many of the decisions that we have made as a people, that continue to erode the gains that have been made--- We attend each year. Mr. Speaker, Sir, earlier this year when we were in Sharmal Sheikh, I think Kenya was in Egypt. Kenya was among the countries that had the highest delegation of environmental contributors and activist players in that particular space. When we sat together with them most evenings, we asked them where exactly they ply their trade. This is because if there is a country that continues to have less forest cover, unfortunately,"
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