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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Wandayi",
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        "legal_name": "James Opiyo Wandayi",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I want to support this very important Bill. I must thank hon. (Dr.) Ottichilo for having thought it wise to initiate this process. Kenya will be one of the first countries in this region to have enacted such a Bill. Indeed, we will set the pace for the entire East Africa region in enacting this Bill. Therefore, in supporting this Bill, I want to point out a few things. One, it is a fact that global warming is with us. Indeed, climate change has caught up with us. There has been a lot of argument to the effect that since the developed world; that is the West, North America and now China are the culprits in climate change or global change, that they were able to emit these greenhouse gases in their process of development which has enabled them to reach where they are currently, why would us in the developing world be concerned or be constrained to follow the same path so that we also reach their level of development? That is a very pedestrian kind of argument. As hon. Gumbo put it a while ago, whether we like it or not or whether we are responsible or not, the effects of global warming are with us and we shall feel them now and in future. This is whether we have caused it or not. Therefore, what Kenya is doing by debating this Bill is to be proactive as far as taking mitigation and adaptation measures are concerned. In my view, what we can do as a country which is still developing is to do what is within our means. In my view, again, one of the mitigating measures at our disposal is the The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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