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    "id": 1283047,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wambua",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13199,
        "legal_name": "Enoch Kiio Wambua",
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    "content": "trees. It is achievable. However, out of those, how many will grow to maturity? That is a conversation that we must have as leaders. The beauty of climate is that it knows no side. It does not know the leadership in the Minority or the Majority. It affects all of us equally. So, we need to come up with initiatives to grow trees. I heard yesterday and I have been hearing this story that El Nino is on the way. We must find a silver lining even in extreme weather conditions. This is the opportunity now for regions of this country that are known to be rain deficit to move with speed and put in place measures to grow as many trees as possible. In fact, even as we grow those trees then we encourage sections of this country, and counties to formally enter the carbon market. This Bill has come to us a bit late. We must be our own critics. We must be able to look ourselves in the mirror and tell ourselves the truth. We are amending a Bill that was passed in 2016. Matters climate move very fast. This actually should be a Fourth or Fifth Amendment to the 2016 Bill. However, because we hurried, we have to deal with it as it is. As we do so, we are actually in a race against time in the eyes of the World to tick boxes because that is what we are doing. Now we have visitors coming in a few days. We have to be seen to belong. So, we have to pass this Bill. For that reason, we have called a Special Sitting of the Senate so that we fast-track this Bill. Mr. Speaker, Sir, going forward, it is only important that as leaders we are proactive on matters that affect us as a nation. As a country, we are a State party to the Paris Agreement on Climate Change. So, we must lead ourselves by example knowing that we are the Headquarters of the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP). On matters environment, the entire world bows before Nairobi. For that reason alone, for us to host UNEP, it is not an easy thing. All of us know that Germany has really been pushing to relocate UNEP to Bonn. They have even constructed an entire Headquarters. They are just waiting for that either to get a nod to relocate UNEP from Nairobi to Bonn. For that reason, we must be very proactive on matters environment as a country. So, I do not take a lot of time on it, though late, the Bill is timely to the extent that it seeks to mainstream the role and function of the youth within the Climate Change Council. I am actually taken aback because the mother Act did not think that the youth should have a role in the council. This Amendment recognizes the role of young people in the council. This is important because even when we talk about agriculture, we all say that we want to make agriculture young. We want to encourage young people when they leave school, instead of going to look for jobs, they can employ themselves in the farms. Now is an opportunity because the young people have been mainstreamed in the council for them to even be encouraged to start tree plantations; enter the carbon market and to begin to earn from it. Lastly, in this Bill, when it comes to regulations, I will be asking the Committee on Delegated Legislation to also be proactive in their engagement with the Cabinet Secretary (CS) responsible for the environment. That is to ensure that these things, 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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