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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Methu",
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        "legal_name": "Methu John Muhia",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for this opportunity to second this particular Bill. From the onset, I did not know that Sen. Cheruiyot has that in-depth knowledge on matters of environment and climate change. I feel very challenged that he has understood the meat and crust of why we need to do this particular amendment. As I second, a lot of issues that I need to say have already been said by my brother, Sen. Cheruiyot. However, I want to answer a question that is being asked by most of my colleagues. It has been directed to all the Members of the Committee on Lands, Environment and Natural Resources on why we need to change this law. Mr. Speaker, Sir, all of us keep mentioning and base our argument on Article 42 of the Constitution, that every person has a right to clean and healthy environment. However, there is a process to it. While there have been some naysayers on the climate and environment space, it is apparent that all of us now agree that challenges that come with global warming are here with us. Everywhere in the world, our climate and climatic way of how we are used, has changed drastically. There are prolonged droughts and some places are suffering from famine. When the people and the Government of Kenya ratified the Paris Agreement, just as my brother has mentioned, in December 26th 2016, we set our target of carbon emissions to less than two degrees Celsius or less than 1.5 per cent. However, as Sen. Cheruiyot has said, the challenge that we faced is that the 13 memoranda that we received as a Committee speak to this particular question of why we need to do this Bill. This is a Government-sponsored Bill. When the Cabinet Secretary for Environment, Climate Change and Forestry appeared before us the question of why we need this Bill was pertinent. Why do we need to regulate the space around carbon trading? There is something that is very clear in the minds of everybody here. Even as I speak about carbon trading, there are 116 organisations that are dealing with carbon credit. Just as Sen. Cheruiyot has rightfully said, the statistics of our share as Kenya in the African market of the carbon credit is 20 per cent. We got 20 per cent of everything that was paid in Africa from this carbon market. However, very few people who are here have the clarity of how this money was paid, who was paid, and how they were paid. Mr. Speaker, Sir, yesterday, when we were seated here, the Senator from Machakos County asked the Cabinet Secretary now that the carbon harvesting is 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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