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    "id": 1415730,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1415730/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Laisamis, UDM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Joseph Lekuton",
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    "content": "of the Departmental Committee on Environment, Forestry and Mining regarding the status of preparedness of Northern Kenya pastoralists to cope with the impacts of climate change. Climate change poses significant challenges to Northern Kenya’s pastoralists, especially with livestock losses and diminishing crop production in semi-arid areas. It is regrettable that the Government has yet to put elaborate strategies and initiatives to promote resilient livelihoods among pastoral communities in the face of these environmental adversities. As the region suffers an alarming livestock depletion of nearly 70 per cent and the increasing impossibility of crop production in counties in Northern Kenya, there seem to be no sustainable development practices and alternative livelihood opportunities to enhance the adaptive capacity and economic stability of pastoralists in the northern region and ensure long- term resilience following the impacts of climate change. Additionally, climate change has induced shocks such as limited pasture availability and increased water scarcity, which calls for comprehensive policy measures, capacity- building programmes and investment strategies that will help empower pastoral communities, protect their livelihoods and ensure their sustainable socio-economic development in the foreseeable future. Hon. Speaker, it is against this background that I request for a Statement from the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Environment, Forestry and Mining to provide a report on the status of Government preparedness and programmes put in place to assist pastoralists in the Northern Kenya region and other arid parts of Kenya to curb or cope with the effects of climate change. I thank you Hon. Speaker."
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