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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nakuru Town East, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. David Gikaria",
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    "content": "Hon. Deputy Speaker, while considering the Climate Change (Amendment) Bill 2023, the Committee observed that, once enacted, the revised law will enable this country to comply with the Paris Agreement, which we ratified on 28th December 2016. The revised law will specifically comply with Article 6 of the Agreement, as has already been alluded to by the Leader of the Majority Party. It will enable carbon emission mitigation through the carbon credit market approach and other approaches. The designated national authority is a very key component. When looking at it, we were a little bit confused as to whether we require it. The designated national authority is not an authority as such. The Bill says “designated authority” means the entity or organisation granted responsibility to authorise and approve participation in projects under the Paris Agreement on Climate Change. That is why we say this is not a money Bill. It does not attract additional public expenditure. We do not have to form boards for this authority because the Cabinet Secretary will be appointing one of the already existing authorities within the organisation to undertake what we are talking about. This is important because the registry will be domiciled at the authority. It is a key authority only with the national Government. A few people felt that we should have taken the registry on carbon credit to the counties. Of course, Members know what will happen if we give the county government a slight window to have a say in this matter. The county governments will start licensing people, giving out conditions and charging other levies that are unacceptable, and which would hinder investors from coming to the country. Therefore, the proposed authority will be purely managed by the national Government in order to avoid what usually happens. I know this Bill concerns the counties at a certain level. Once the National Assembly approves, it will be forwarded to the Senate for concurrence. I hope the Senate will agree with us to fast-track this very important amendment Bill."
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