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    "id": 1443768,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Soipan Tuya",
    "speaker_title": "The Cabinet Secretary for Environment, Climate Change and Forestry",
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        "legal_name": "Roselinda Soipan Tuya",
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    "content": "public validation process where the technical working group incorporated stakeholder input; and all these processes led to the successful launch of the National Climate Change Action Plan 2023-2027 during the Africa Climate Summit last year. That just gives a snapshot of the critical need for the Ministry to work with a cross-sector of stakeholders as we develop our plans. Question No.57, focuses on me to explain the measures put in place to enhance the capacity of each county government to implement the climate change initiatives in their respective counties. This includes the technical expertise of the county governments to address environmental and climate change concerns, as well as the allocation of budgetary resources to each county within the designated timelines for these initiatives. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, regarding the measures put in place to enhance capacity for each county--- Noting that capacity building is a continuous and progressive process, we have carried out capacity building of the County Executive Committee Members (CECM), County Officers, Directors and County Climate Change Units in all the 47 counties on various climate relevant issues. We have done this through our Climate Change Directorate within the Ministry. We have also provided technical back stopping to counties on the development of County Climate Change Acts. I am proud to say that at this point, all the counties are compliant in terms of coming up with their Climate Change Acts. What the Ministry did was to develop a prototype that was then used by each county to come up with their climate change legislation. The development of county climate change action plans then followed, climate change policies and participatory climate risk assessments. At the same time, the National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) undertook the development of county and environment action plans mainstreamed into the County Integrated Development Plans (CIDPs). The CIDPs are the core of the county development plans and with these county environment action plans, which were deliberately weaved around the CIDPs, then we are in step or speaking in the same tone with the counties. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, we have also provided an innovative programmatic support to counties. The Ministry in collaboration with the National Treasury and the Council of Governors (CoG) developed the Financing Locally-Led Climate Action Program (FLLoCA) to provide mechanisms to finance community climate action initiatives for enhanced climate resilience. The programme as I have said is funded through the World Bank and a conglomeration of other partners. The design is a unique Kenyan innovation design to showcase how global climate finance flows can be efficiently and effectively channeled to address grassroots climate response needs. I know it is of interest to the Senators to have some bit of detail on the FLLoCA Programme. Under the FLLoCA programmes, County Climate Resilience Investment Grant in 2023/2024 Financial Year, counties received a total of Kshs10,507,827 from the FLLoCA donors. Out of this, Kshs7.3 billion was from the FLLoCA donors and Kshs3.1 billion was from the development fund of counties. 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 and AudioServices, Senate."
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