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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Weya",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Sammy Arthur Weya",
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    "content": "Thank you Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me the opportunity to say one or two things with regard to the Energy Bill. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, last weekend, I went to the Amboseli. I saw that the snow on Mount Kilimanjaro is melting. In fact, there was no snow at all on the lower end of the mountain. This is basically because of global warming. We all know that charcoal is a huge resource in this country. It is utilised by most of our communities all over the country. When we talk about energy, we talk about what the local people use to cook and as a source of heat. All this is putting a lot of pressure on our forests. We, therefore, need to do what the rest of the world is doing, especially when it comes to carbon gas. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, as a country, we are being affected by global warming yet we are not the cause of it. We need to get policies that can enable our people grow trees and get credits. When we have forests, all these carbon emissions that go to the air will be prevented. We have a future generation which we have to protect. We have to follow what the rest of the world is doing. We should avoid the use of fuel that releases carbondioxide into the air. Some countries have gone further and put in place laws and regulations, so that motor vehicles can only emit certain amounts of carbon dioxide. If a car emits more, it is not supposed to run on the road. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, in some countries they have gone to the household level and given carbon credits to every household. They then account for the carbon credit they utilise. If you exceed your carbon credit you will have to buy more from neighbours. We have to find out what the rest of the world is doing. The world now is becoming more and more of a global village, where we have to find out what is happening elsewhere. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, even if we use charcoal, we have to find how to use it 3808 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES November 21, 2006 effectively. There must be rules and regulations put in place. If you have to utilise charcoal because you cannot afford electricity, you must use energy-conserving jikos . In Ghana, I saw that they have gone further and are licensing only equipment that is energy saving. They have categorised it as one star, two stars, three stars and so on. Equipment has to be energy efficient to reduce energy cost. We want to utilise energy effectively and efficiently. That is the only way in which our nation can develop. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would like to talk about rural electrification. In some countries, rural electrification is something that is being expanded, because the only way in which we can get rid of poverty---"
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