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    "id": 1283035,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cheruiyot",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Majority Leader",
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        "legal_name": "Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot",
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    "content": "made such a rosy presentation about it. We thought this was a silver bullet that would conclude all our climate area challenges. Mr. Speaker, Sir, this alone will not solve that particular problem. However, it is an important milestone that gives us such momentum together with other national efforts. There are things that are being done by other brilliant Kenyans which we shall be seeing next week at Kenyatta International Convention Centre (KICC). We shall come up with better strategies on reducing greenhouse gas emissions, which will impact climate change. We are aware that many Kenyans have made huge sacrifices for many years. Many times, when we speak about issues of climate change, we celebrate the work of the late Nobel Laureate Professor Wangari Maathai and her contribution to us as a country. However, I know for a fact that besides her, there are many Kenyans some of whom challenge my earlier theory on making it 100 per cent local. I know and celebrate a person like Mr. Bob Munro of the Mathare Youth Sports Association. A Canadian who came into the country in 1987. He has lived with us and worked with communities in Mathare and all over Eastlands in Nairobi City County. He has been using sports, but more importantly, writing challenging papers informing various governments on how to combat climate change. His work for the last 35 years can be felt across the globe and not only just here. Unfortunately, we do not celebrate such good Kenyans for the work that they do. A few weeks or months ago, he came to my office and told me, that unfortunately, despite all the work that he has done, and his involvement in football together with the kind of politics that comes with it, he has never been granted a Kenyan passport. He sometimes struggles to get a work permit. He has worked here for 35 years and was very instrumental in ensuring that we have the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) offices in Gigiri because of his contribution. We need to celebrate such Kenyans who have gone out of their way to make significant contributions. In fact, when we do the Parliamentary honors meeting we celebrate Kenyans who have made significant contributions. I will put forward his name. This is because of his contribution to the climate space in our country despite the fact that he is not Kenyan, but has lived here for close to 40 years, working with communities in our slums and in different parts of the country. He has also attracted investment here. He needs to be celebrated during this year's Mashujaa Day together with so many of you so that we challenge other Kenyans. Lead this charge, colleague Senators. I encourage all of us to set up community champions. In your local schools, have scouts that follow the eminent work of Kenyans who have set the trail in this climate space. Kenyans like Wangari Maathai and Bob Munro whom I have mentioned, so that we have a greater environment. We should not just speak about climate by looking back and saying what should have been changed. We can influence the future so that we do not just look back and meet in such a time in Nairobi City County to try and rectify what can go wrong. It is possible to influence the future. With those very many remarks, I urge hon. Senators to support this Bill. Let us move and conclude on it. Next week, when 30 or 40 Heads of State who have confirmed The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard Services,Senate."
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