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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Thang’wa",
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    "content": "I want them to do research and find out why China has never had drought again since 1964. Is it the variety of food? Do we interest Kenyans to add more to their diets? I am not saying that you should eat dogs, snakes and everything that is eaten over there. However, should we start a campaign to get away from unga and maybe go to Cassava, Sorghum or any other kind of food. As I implore the Council, once we pass them because we are going to do, they should come up with policies that will help this nation move forward in terms of fighting climate change. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I am a Chairman of the Committee on Roads, Transportation and Housing. We will be bringing some proposals that those who are given tenders to build our roads and affordable housing should have a segment to plant trees around those areas. If you are building a road that is 1kilometre, you plant trees on both sides of the 1kilometre road. Those are the proposals that we will present so that we can mitigate the issues of climate change. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, because of this Council, and more so, the President, this country, for the first time will host the Africa Climate Summit, in September, this year. I urge Kenyans and especially the young people of this nation to take advantage now that we have a Council and a President who understands climate change in and out. Come up with programmes and ideas that will assist this nation to be in the global map as one of the nations that fight climate change and brings the mitigation that are required. As I wind up, proposals are given for this Council or the nation to listen, understand and pick them from those who give them. Once this Council is formed, we should devolve its operations to the county levels all the way to the ward levels. When we are charging land rates, if you have trees, you pay less than that person who is not planting trees. If you have a forest maybe you should not even pay because you are contributing to the low carbon rates. This is something that we need to start"
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