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    "id": 1556473,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Olekina",
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    "content": "When I was growing up in Narok, we had a forest in Narok Town called Olekonyo Forest. Today, it is literally a piece of land which is eroded. Narok County has to do reforestation in that area for us to have a cleaner environment. We talk about planting trees, but do we plant trees to adapt to climate change or do we plant trees for people to start knocking doors and saying that they want carbon credit on them. Today, one of the very sexy and interesting businesses has to do with carbon credit. When you go to places in rural areas, you will find people talking about carbon credit, yet they do not even know what carbon credit is. Carbon credit is a measure that is being put by the West and mostly companies abroad. They use it to say that they are compensating by making sure that other countries fix their environment, thus slowly by slowly, erase their carbon footprint. However, that is not true. We just have to be current and alive to the fact that this generation will determine how the future generation will be able to survive. The second recommendation says- “Renew their commitment to the African initiative to solve security challenges in the Great Lake region and support effort aimed at promoting peace and stability in member states beset with conflict and instability.” We have to demystify conflict and instability. What brings conflict and instability in our countries is very simple. It is the interest of the West. It is the interest of the East. So, should we start looking within ourselves to realign our own existing resources to be able to better our lives for the future generation? Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, every so often, I am reminded of the new leader of Burkina Faso. Today, I came across a clip where he has made education free from primary school all the way to university. It is reminiscent of the time when the former President Mwai Kibaki introduced free primary education. A lot of critics are asking: how will he fund it? How will he afford it? It comes back to the issues discussed in this report. Issues to do with our natural resources like the gold that we have in this country. Our gold is traded then some unscrupulous businessmen take all the credit and the community ends up with not getting royalties. One of the most controversial natural resources that we have is Mrima Hills in Kwale County. People do not talk about it because the West have a big interest in it to better the life of their people. What if we say that it is about time we stand on our own two feet and take care of our security? Why do we have all these instabilities in the Congo region? It is because there are a lot of natural resources. That is why the West, the East and everyone else is going there. I recently read that the new President of Namibia has decided to hit back at Donald Trump's sanctions. She actually gave all those investors who are mining in that country 48 hours to leave the country. You will actually be shocked if you see the amount of resources coming from that country. Think of what will happen if we all learn from other leaders like those of Burkina Faso and Namibia. We will ensure that there is security in the Great Lake region. We will also ensure that our water bodies are fully protected and that the laws that we develop in this House are climate adaptable. 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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