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    "id": 475130,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Dr.) Shaban",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 139,
        "legal_name": "Naomi Namsi Shaban",
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    "content": "Government to organise people in terms of rain-fed agriculture. The Government has to revert to irrigation and make sure that so much funding is diverted towards that direction, so that we can ensure that our people are food secure. It is in public knowledge that even the Head of State of Maldives had asked his Cabinet to go and have a Cabinet meeting under water, so that they could discuss the issue of climate change and appreciate them as they came up with solutions and a way forward for their country. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, the proposed Council will bring together brains of people who will advise the Government on how best we can deal with this menace, and how best we can work together and engage other member states of the African Union and the United Nations and put our heads together to see the way forward where climate change is concerned. Climate change has been a source of conflict. In most of our ASAL areas, people have been fighting because they cannot get water or food. That is why people have gone into conflicts. Our wildlife has been dying at a time when they are not supposed to be dying because of the drought that is affecting the environment. It is not enough to just have a Council. All Kenyans have to be sensitised. That is one of the job descriptions of the proposed Council and the Board. They are supposed to take up the matter and ensure that Kenyans are sensitised towards making sure that they understand these changes. More so, we cannot be talking about climate change and controlling issues if we are not going to take care of our environment by discouraging people from cutting down trees. There are things which Kenyans can simply do and be able to change our environment. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I would like to, once again, congratulate hon. Ottichilo for a job well done. We look forward to having the Fund, the Council and Board members to be able to put their heads together to be able to advise the Government, and be able to influence policy in this country and across the world, where climate change is concerned. I beg to support."
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