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    "id": 1382674,
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    "speaker_name": "Tinderet, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Julius Melly",
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    "content": "be on the move to look for food for their livestock. If we are able to take care of this, we will be able to predict the weather patterns and ultimately curb issues of insecurity. Hon. Temporary Speaker, this is a very important Motion. I would request the House to look at it keenly. I want to thank His Excellency the President because he has placed climate issues at the core of his Government. Even the Ministry of Environment and Forestry signifies the importance that the Government has given to the management of the nation. If you look at what the country is facing, it has an aspect of climate change. As part of the mitigating measures, we need to plant trees to ensure that we have enough forest cover so that we avoid mudslides and landslides in hilly areas. In my constituency, we have a very serious problem of mudslides, which displaces hundreds of people every time it occurs. We also have problems in the ASAL areas, where we have depletion of forests. All these are zeroed in and can be effectively managed if we have a very good climate policy that uses both traditional methods, digital methods, and satellite system that gives us real-time situation of climate change. Kenya is a developing country that relies heavily on agriculture and extraction of minerals. There are areas where we rely on the extraction industry – open mining in quarries for extraction of raw materials for road construction, which has also affected the issue of climate and weather patterns in parts of this country. I once again thank the Mover and ask that this Motion be taken a step further. I request the Ministry to come up with clear programmes and develop policies on how to execute this Motion. Lastly, I request the Ministry to develop a legal framework to ensure that the policies and programmes that are going to be put in place are supported by law. With those remarks, I support."
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