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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Thang’wa",
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    "content": "Thank you very much, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to support the amendment of this Bill on climate change. I have heard a majority from the minority side saying that this Bill could have come earlier. However, whatever is being discussed in this Bill requires somebody who can understand, contextualize, and comprehend. That is none other than the President of the Republic of Kenya, Dr. William Ruto. That is why this Bill has come now. This is the right time. As Sen. Abass said that not so many people understand carbon credits. I just want to inform you that carbon credits are the market-based approach to incentivize and promote the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. Somebody would ask, what are these greenhouse emissions we are talking about? When some gases are released into the earth's atmosphere, they go up there and trap the heat. When they trap the heat, we get the greenhouse effect. When you get into a greenhouse, the warmth or the heat you feel is the same thing that happens when the gases go into the atmosphere. That is where the ‘global warming’ term comes in. Some of these gases are carbon dioxide, methane, and others. For us to reduce that warming, we need to act on carbon dioxide. We breathe in oxygen and breathe out carbon dioxide. The trees do the opposite; they take in carbon dioxide. So, if we plant these trees, as the President has directed, we are going to earn carbon credits. What do we do with the carbon credit? It is just like bonga points. Once you remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, you earn some carbon credit. What do you do with them? Some countries that are polluting the atmosphere, like China, the USA, and others can now buy carbon credits from those countries that have helped in the reduction of those gases. This will attract investment in this country and will attract funding. I would want to urge this House as we pass this law to give incentives to those people who have trees on their farms. When paying for land rates, you should not pay the 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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