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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cheruiyot",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Majority Leader",
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        "legal_name": "Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot",
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    "content": "them despite Kisii and Kericho counties, for example, being among the counties that have above 10 per cent forest cover. There is an expectation on our side. Is it 1, 5 or 10 million trees. I need to know so that we keep track over the period. This campaign is not just about planting trees. It is about growing trees and ensuring that after planting them, you maintain them for the next 10 or 15 years until they become fully mature trees. That is part of the action plan. On the scope of marketing that particular programme, I give them an A. However, I have told the CS for Environment, Climate Change and Forestry, that we expect before this House a report that will tell us what is expected of our particular counties. That way, we can sit down with our Members of the County Assemblies (MCAs) and have a conversation about how they are going to budget. This is because to grow a tree, for example, there must be a budgetary allocation. It is not just enough to buy tree seedlings and put them on the ground. There has to be a budget for maintaining them. We must laud the counties that have spoken about this. I have seen some plan of Nairobi City County and many other counties. We challenge ourselves so that we have a conversation about how we shall achieve the national climate action plan. Of course, I know part of the things that they need to do is also provide policy direction on research and training on climate change. This includes collection and dissemination of information relating to climate change to the relevant levels of Government; that is both county and national, including the public stakeholders. Research is extremely important in this programme. Every time, people gather for conferences from Glasgow to London to Sharm El Sheikh in Egypt, and next year in Dubai; the world continues to churn out new research information about climate change and things that countries are doing to ensure that we protect and have a good climate in our countries. It is important that this Council fulfils one of its key mandates in sharing and disseminating this information so that as county governments sit down to plan, they know what is expected of them. I have told my own governor that if he is charge of a county, he is a young and well educated. However, I do not expect the business of young people setting up car washes alongside river beds and destroying the environment to continue to happen during our administration. This is something that we see across almost all our counties. It is a reckless and unfortunate practice. This is because if you are washing cars, you are mixing oil, soap yet you know very well that downstream, there are people whose livelihood depend on the same river. Surely, what is your mind telling you? These are the policies that you expect that will feature prominently on the information that will be disseminated to our county governments and expect them to act and ensure that we have a good platform to achieve this Marshall plan. Finally, I know many of my colleagues wish to contribute. While reading, I must note with great impression the work that has been done by this Committee. I took time to read through the Curriculum Vitae (CV) of Madam Umra Omar to see what she studied."
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