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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wakili Sigei",
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    "content": "I thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I also rise to support the amendment to the Climate Change (Amendment) Bill. It is timely. We have had this conversation for a while now. When we are asked to deal with matters of national importance like what we are doing now, it is important to speak in one voice the way Sen. Beth Syengo has said. In terms of the provisions of this particular Bill, I dare say, the devil is in the details. There is so much that we ought to deal with and discuss in this particular amendment Bill. However, because of time, I know we will be very limited. We will brush through a number of those provisions which in terms of the finesse of the details and also the provisions, it would have been very important that we deal with it. Five minutes is not sufficient to deal with this. I am aware I am losing much of my time in this case. Let me go straight to the proposals which I think are very key and important and I also must support. The provisions of Clause 4 that is seeking to amend Section 6 of the principal Act, the introduction of the national and county governments, the public and the relevant stakeholders; in terms of policy making and involvement is very key. This provision is forward looking because when you look at the previous provision, this was missing. This is an improvement in the provisions of the law. Mr. Deputy Speaker, the provision of Section 7, which is being amended by Clause 5 and more importantly, inclusion of the youth, is a vote of confidence in the role that the young generation plays. Statistics provide that 75 per cent of the population of this country comprise people under the age of 35. This is a confirmation that the President and his team applauds the role that the youth play. In this case, it is important that when we are told to grow trees, a large percentage of the people who are involved in that assignment are the generation that is below the age bracket and their inclusion in this particular amendment is long overdue and key. I support to that particular extent. The introduction of the requirement to have the Cabinet Secretary report to Parliament biannually; that is by the provision of Clause 6 seeking to amend Section 8 in this case is the only amendment that I would have wished that we retained the previous provision that required the Cabinet Secretary to report twice a year to Parliament. Report in terms of the policy, status of implementation of proposals made, additional responses that may be required of our country to deal with matters climate change and also progress of implementation of both national and international mandates, the Government is giving. This amendment is reducing that reporting mechanism to once per year instead of twice per year. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I believe there must have been a reason behind which I would say, if opportunity will be availed, we would rather retain the provision of the Act as it were for purposes of achieving the mandate that we expect."
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