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    "id": 1516266,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cheruiyot",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Majority Leader",
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        "legal_name": "Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot",
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    "content": "All I know is that occasionally I see Cabinet Secretaries dressed in khaki clothes visiting various parts of the country to plant trees then disappear. The unfortunate thing is that this has not been extended to the other arms of the government. I hope as a leadership - which here means everybody who has responsibility - we could actually buy into this clarion call so that any area that is under jurisdiction--- For example; I would wish to see the Chief Justice lead all staffers and members of the bench in the Judiciary on such an exercise because the environment is for all of us. It should not be left to the national Government, the Cabinet Secretaries and the Principal Secretaries (PS)s to actually try and achieve these targets. The same applies to us here in Parliament. I do not know how many people are aware. I could ask the Senator for Makueni County of the top of his head if he is aware of what his targets are as a county, what the percentage of afforestation is, and what he needs to do or what the targeted areas are. I know that there is a climate action group and I think it is led by Sen. M. Kajwang'. I challenged him because I met him in Sharm El Sheikh in Egypt during COP- 26. He was properly kitted in a very nice suit and he said this year he wishes to be a climate champion. I want to speak to you so that you appreciate. Subsequently they went to Dubai, but I want him to extend his activities beyond the conferences and really challenge us. I appreciate his zeal and energy in terms of ensuring that you make all your colleagues climate woke. Woke is a term that young people use for people that are conscious and aware of what needs to happen in our climate environment. I wish that Sen. M. Kajwang' was here when we are discussing this Bill, so that he leads us into appreciating what role we can play as legislators. Many times, I have seen us join in on the efforts that are being carried out by members of the Executive alone. I believe that as a legislature we need to have a more impressive record and our contribution into making our world better. I have visited many Parliaments and some of the most beautiful are those that have taken care of the environment better. The campus of this Parliament of Kenya scores very poorly on that particular rank because we cut almost all the trees. There is hardly any tree within the corridors and Parliament Square. We need to begin from our own institution to set an example of a dedication of the percentage of the total land that belongs to Parliament to planting trees. We need to plant trees that people will recall 20 or 50 years down the line. I believe on important days the Senate should lead actually in---"
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