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    "id": 1223614,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Abass",
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        "legal_name": "Abass Sheikh Mohamed",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I also join my colleagues to support this Motion and congratulate the appointees to the Council. As you are aware, climate change has now become a big disaster, especially in Africa. The Britons, the people who have industrialised America, Europe, and all those places where there is a much industrialization have caused a lot of havoc. We must impress on these people that they must pay for the pollution that we are now having. The people who are suffering in Africa must be compensated for the consequences of the industrialized countries. This country called Kenya was beautiful once upon a time. However, today it has been a land of contrast. The country does not have a beautiful environment. It used to have a lot of forests. Unfortunately, of late is being turned into a desert as a result of ongoing deforestation, and settlements due to the increase in population. Instead of settling where settlements are, everyone is starting a new settlement, cutting trees, and deforestation is happening. It is high time that we need to control population expansion. If you go to Europe and other places, you will see the farmlands and you will see where their towns are. There is a difference. There are places where you are not allowed to settle. However, in Kenya today everyone is settling where he or she wants. That should be discouraged. The big land for farming and food production is being divided into small units that are mostly unproductive. Therefore, it is high time we need to control and come up with a policy that controls land issues. Where we have a forest, it should be a forest. Where we have grazing land, it should be grazing land. Farm lands should be for farming and people should settle in different places. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, having said that, it is unfortunate that the people who are most affected are those in arid and semi-arid areas. As I talk here, it has not rained in the last five seasons in the arid areas. Ninety per cent of animals have died and this has destroyed the main source of livelihoods for pastoralists. Today, about 10 million Kenyans have no source of income and no food security. We thank God that it has now started raining. However, all the animals died, and those people do not know where to get a source of income and food."
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