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    "id": 1443798,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Soipan Tuiya",
    "speaker_title": "The Cabinet Secretary for Environment, Climate Change and Forestry",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, with the current tree planting activities happening at the Executive level, where Cabinet Secretaries are allocated various ecosystems across the country, we are very clear that we do not only mobilize around the local communities in whatever site a Cabinet Secretary is allocated, in terms of sourcing of seedlings from our young people and women, but also engage them in the contractual activities that come with it. Finally, the Senator of Embu County has also raised a very pertinent issue with regard to our development partner funding. The sad truth is that we have billions of monies that come from our development partners, but most of it goes to intangibles; training after training and seminars. However, as I said, to attract the attention of the Senators to the Financing Locally-Led Climate Action (FLLoCA) funding, we are very keen and I have been making trips across the country, meeting governors, just encouraging them that we come up with visible and tangible models of what the FLLoCA programme is doing. Only then shall we succeed. If we are saying we are doing a water project, then we see an end-to-end plan on how FLLoCA started this and finished. That is the only thing that will convince our development partners to scale up this programme. We are also encouraging our governors, because of our need to restore our ecosystems, not to spread too thin. For this initial rollout of FLoCCA, just focus on one or two ecosystems. If it is a water project, yes, pick a wetland, fence it and plant trees around that wetland, and let us see water flowing out of the FLLoCA money because it is a lot of money, if well utilized. So, once again, as an implementing Ministry, we are keen on making sure that these development funds go towards tangible, visible projects. The monitoring aspect of FLLoCA is one that I have fairly invested in, and with the support of this House, we can make sure that we will have replicable models that will help us in our environmental conservation."
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