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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mrs. Shebesh",
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        "legal_name": "Rachel Wambui Shebesh",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I want to start my contribution by congratulating Dr. Ottichilo for coming up with a very timely Motion, and for doing the work that should be done by the Executive arm of the Government, which is formulation of policy. I want to go straight to areas which we should improve. I am going to narrow down on three areas. As I contribute to the Motion, I would like to take the opportunity to speak about climate change talks that are going on in Durban, Republic of South Africa. We also know that the conference of parties is taking place. In those talks, there is a critical issue about the Kyoto Protocol, and whether or not the Kyoto Protocol will be renewed. The Kyoto Protocol remains the only legal instrument through which African and developing countries have to hold the developed world to account. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, the Kyoto Protocol talks about mitigation by the developed countries by cutting down their greenhouse gas emissions, and adaptation by vulnerable countries like Kenya of the climate change mitigation initiative. I heard the Minister for Environment and Mineral Resources very clearly articulate issues in the Kyoto Protocol, but I would want to say that even as we speak with confidence about the Kyoto Protocol, without the kind of information that Dr. Ottichilo is talking about in this Motion, it would be an exercise in futility. If we do not have the kind of policy that gives us information to be able to plan, even if we achieve big protocols internationally, we cannot implement them. Let me speak specifically about disaster risk reduction. The issue of disaster risk reduction---"
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