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"speaker_title": "Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah",
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"content": " Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I rise to second this Motion on GGGI. For the information to the House and in addition to what the Chair-Designate of the Departmental Committee on Environment, Forestry and Mining, Hon. Ngogoyo, Member for Kajiado North has said, Kenya’s letter of intent to join as a member of the Agreement was done on 23rd November 2022 by the Cabinet Secretary then for Foreign and Diaspora Affairs, in a letter that was addressed to the Director-General of the GGGI. The Office of the Director General communicated its approval of Kenya's willingness to join the GGGI on 11th January 2023. In the same communication, GGGI requested Kenya for a grant of the privileges immunity agreement. On that immunity agreement, a host country agreement negotiation team meeting on the GGGI Agreement on the legal status and the immunity was held in July 2023 with Kenya's negotiation team and GGGI representatives. As part of the accession process, a cabinet memorandum was submitted to the Cabinet for approval for accession in May 2023 in line with Section 7 of the Treaty Making and Ratification Act, revised version of 2012. Further, the Cabinet approved accession for the GGGI during its meeting held on 13th December 2023. Further, on 13th May 2024, the Prime Cabinet Secretary and Cabinet Secretary for Foreign and Diaspora Affairs submitted a Parliamentary Memorandum alongside a copy of the Agreement to the National Assembly. That is the Memorandum and Agreement that the Committee has been considering and recommends its approval thereof by the House. It is important to mention that the main objective of the GGGI is to promote sustainable development of developing and emerging countries, including the least developed countries. This is by supporting and diffusing a new paradigm of economic growth, targeting key aspects of economic growth and economic performance, resilience, poverty reduction, job creation, social inclusion and creating and improving economic, environmental and social conditions of developing and emerging countries through partnerships between developed and developing countries, and the public and private sectors. Our country is now in a better place since we began the public-private partnerships arrangement. We are also trying to leverage on low-carbon green economies and carbon credit financing in the financing of development initiatives. We are also working with the developing countries through collaboration with the developed countries of the global south and the global north, as they have been christened. Additionally, the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) plays the role of an enabler and facilitator of member-transition into low-carbon green economies. As I said, our country has been doing very well in that aspect since a huge percentage of our energy is now green energy. Many countries can benefit from emulating Kenya, especially on energy production from green sources. Therefore, as we transition into a low-carbon green economy, we will benefit from the knowledge, skills and technology from other developing and developed countries. The Treaty also seeks to provide policy advice and technical support in the development of green growth plans, policies and regulations, mobilisation of green investments, implementation of green growth projects and development of local capacities and knowledge-sharing. Therefore, we will get an opportunity to share knowledge with other developing countries and the developed world. We are far ahead of many developed countries in terms of green energy with the geothermal and wind energy that we produce in the country. Therefore, the Treaty comes at a very good time. Its approval thereof by this House will be a very good thing not just for our country, but for the world in terms of reducing carbon emissions, having green economies around the world, leveraging on green financing for projects and also encouraging the growth of green projects and investments in our country, region and Africa at large."
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