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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Dagoretti South, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. John Kiarie",
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    "content": " Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker. A wise man says we do not inherit the earth from our ancestors. We borrow it from our children. What we do with the earth while we are alive is important, especially at a time like this when the effects of climate change are apparent. They do not know borders. Whatever happens in Kenya has an impact on South America. Whatever happens in Europe has an effect in the Southern Hemisphere. We are aligning our laws with international obligations like the Paris Accord, which is critical. Secondly, we all accept that the business of carbon credits will be big globally going forward. Aligning ourselves as a country to a place where our communities can benefit from climate change and carbon benefits allows me to support this Bill. I can see that a designated national authority will be created. There might be debate around it. However, when you read through the Bill properly, you understand that this is an authority designated to superintend over the registration of entities participating in this carbon credit business. Finally, because time is of essense, a good environmentalist, Hon. Wangari Maathai, told us that if we had to do anything about this environment and our climate, we had to be like the hummingbird that did that little that it could. My little thing as a hummingbird in this Session of Parliament was to bring a Motion that suggested we plant trees along all our roadsides and reserves. We are building in excess of 600 kilometres of roads every year. If we The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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