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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. M. Kajwang’",
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        "legal_name": "Moses Otieno Kajwang'",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg your indulgence to allow me a minute or two to support what the substantive Chairperson of the Committee that deals with climate change matters. It is with regards to the Statement on World Environment Day, 2023. As you know, you have granted me the opportunity to convene the climate change caucus within the Senate. It is one caucus that draws membership in a bipartisan manner. World Environment Day, 2023 fell on Monday as has been communicated by the Chairperson. The caucus had made certain arrangements to plant trees around Uhuru Park. We did not execute because one of our main partners, UNEP, had expressed their willingness to support us in that activity. We decided to postpone our tree planting activity to afford the UNEP Executive Director an opportunity to come to the Senate to meet the Speaker and other Senators. We think a partnership between the Senate and UNEP would be mutually beneficial, considering that UNEP is headquartered in Nairobi City County. On behalf of the caucus, we shall be communicating the new date on which we, as Members of Parliament (MPs), can join the global effort towards combating climate change through planting of trees and elimination of waste plastic. Mr. Speaker, Sir, this year’s theme was around plastic. There are important and interesting innovations that we have come across as a caucus. Ghana is proposing a global plastic pollution fee at the UN. The fee will be levied on some of the big users of plastic such as Coca Cola, the global beverage manufacturer. In as much as Kenya has gone for the ban on single use plastic, there are other innovations that we can consider like imposing higher levies. I would be happy if we are increasing the taxes on producers of plastic which end up choking the environment."
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