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"speaker_name": "Kacheliba, KUP",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Titus Lotee",
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"content": "5. Second National Communication to the UNFCCC, 2015; 6. Climate Change Act, 2016. 7. The National Drought Management Authority Act, 2016 8. Climate Risk Management Framework, 2017; 9. Kenya Climate-Smart Agriculture Strategy, 2017-2026; 10. Kenya Climate-Smart Agriculture Implementation Framework Programme, 2018-2027; 11. National Climate Change Framework Policy, 2018 12. National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan, 2019–2030; 13. Nationally Determined Contribution, 2020, and 14. Guidance on Climate-Related Risk Management, 2021. The Cabinet Secretary noted that the Ministry, through engagement with development partners, is implementing several projects and programmes. They target building resilience in communities and the ecosystem as well as abating and reducing greenhouse gas emissions. A few of these projects and programmes include the following: 1. The Ecosystem Restoration Towards a 15 Billion Tree Growing Programme: This program will help the country sequester carbon dioxide and enhance ecosystems that are critical for community resilience. 2. Financing Locally Led Climate Action, which is building the resilience of the local communities in 45 counties. 3. Strengthening Drought Resilience among Smallholder Farmers and Pastoralists in the IGAD Region, which is supporting resilience building in Samburu and Kitui Counties as a pilot programme, among others. The Cabinet Secretary further stated that, in collaboration with other MDAs, the Ministry has been assisting all sectors in mainstreaming climate action in sector plans. The following are climate projects under the State Department for Livestock: 1. The De-Risking, Inclusion, and Value Enhancement (DRIVE) for Pastoral Economies Project: The DRIVE Project is a five-year regional project covering Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, and Somalia. The World Bank Group and participating countries are jointly funding this project. 2. TWENDE: Towards Ending Drought Emergencies: Ecosystem-Based Adaptation in Kenya’s Arid and Semi-Arid Rangelands: This is a five-year Green Climate Fund (GCF)-funded project that started in 2019. The Government of Kenya (GoK) implements the project through the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development (State Department for Livestock Development), the National Drought Management Authority (NDMA), and Conservation International (CI). The main beneficiaries are pastoralists in 11 of Kenya’s Arid and Semi-Arid (ASAL) counties. They are: Garissa, Tana River, Isiolo, Marsabit, Samburu, Kajiado, Kitui, Makueni, Tharaka-Nithi, Meru, and Taita Taveta. The total project cost is US$ 34.5 million. The other project is the Regional Pastoral Livelihoods Resilience Project (RPLRP- Kenya). The Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, and Fisheries funds this project, leading the World Bank-aided initiative. This project is done in select counties to improve the capacity of the selected counties, including the semi-arid lands. The following are the projects under the National Drought Management Authority (NDMA): 1. Towards Ending Drought Emergencies (TWENDE), which is implemented jointly with the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, and Fisheries; The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor"
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