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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Thang’wa",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I rise to support this Motion on the adoption of the report of the Joint Committee of the National Assembly Department Committee on Environment, Forestry and Mining and the Senate Standing Committee on Land, Environment and Natural Resources on the appointment as members of the National Climate Change Council laid on the Table. As I rise to support this Motion, allow me to welcome the students who are here today, who have come to see this House and how we run this business. I want to distance myself from the comments of the Senator for Kisii County, Sen. Onyonka who welcomed the other students and told them how lucky they are for coming today because at times, we do not act normally. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I will not speak on behalf of Sen. Onyonka but I speak on my behalf and say that I am normal and the Majority Side is also normal and we run the business of the House normally and with decorum as well. It is good to note that for the last six years, this is the first time this Council is being formed, since the Climate Change Act was enacted. This shows that the President, William Samoei Ruto is serious about climate change matters. He has been in office for about eight months now and he has brought to this House the appointees so that they start the business of climate change and its effects. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the other day, I saw a grandmother of about 100 years planting a blue-gum tree. It kept me thinking; these tree takes about 15 years to mature and a granny of 100 years might not live to enjoy the shade of that tree but she planted anyway. I urge this Council to have that story as their mantra. Think of the future not of today. Think about the coming generation, the future of this nation and Africa as a whole. Once this Council is formed, it will attract funding from different countries or donors. I know there are so many countries that are fighting climate change. We even have the Paris Accords on Climate Change that is supporting nations to fight climate change and its effects. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, this Council should come up with policies that will mitigate the effects of climate change. When we talk about climate change, the next we should mention is trees. If you remember well, the President has always had a clarion call that we should plant five billion trees within these five years that he is in office and off course, another five billion trees when we vote him in again in 2027. However, for now, if I was to do quick mathematics, we are 50 million people in this country. That means planting 100 trees per person. If you divide 100 by five because those five billon trees are for five years, you will find out that each person only need to plant two trees per month. Everybody can be able to take care of two trees per month for the next 60 months so that we can achieve the five billion mark of trees in this country. This is as per the clarion of our President. I have seen many people conduct tree planting exercises. They call hundreds and thousands of people who plant those trees. However, I ask myself a question, after you plant all those trees, who will be watering them? We need to redesign how we do things. Do not plant thousand trees in a day then you live them there and tomorrow they dry up."
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