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    "id": 1279741,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kikuyu, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah",
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    "content": " Hon. Speaker, I beg to move that the Climate Change (Amendment Bill) National Assembly Bill No.42 of 2023 be now read a Second Time. Climate change is here with us. Many of us used to read about climate change and climate control. We used to watch feature stories about this phenomenon on Cable News Network (CNN) and other international news channels without relating those stories first-hand with the issues that confront us as people living in this world today. We have just come out from a drought season that was billed as the worst drought this country has ever had in the last 40 years. Many people in the space of climate change and environmental conservation will tell you that it has a lot to do with climate change and global warming. Hon. Speaker, allow me to begin by thanking the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Environment, Forestry and Mining, Hon. Gikaria, and all the Members of this Committee, for expeditiously considering this Bill and listening to many players. The Bill touches on issues to do with carbon credits and carbon credits trading. I know it has attracted a lot of attention from many players in the civil society and environmentalists, who are keen on carbon credit trading. I must thank all the active players or stakeholders who have appeared before the Committee and gave their views. I also thank many others who honoured the Committee’s invitation to the public participation exercise that was being conducted by the Ministry of Environment and Forestry. I also thank the Ministry of Environment and Forestry for having considered a lot of memoranda from members of the public and other stakeholders."
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