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    "id": 476853,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/476853/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Maj-Gen.) Nkaissery",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 192,
        "legal_name": "Joseph Kasaine Ole Nkaissery",
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    "content": "This Bill has come at the right time and it is important that we have a law that would address some of the effects of climate change. Some of the causes of climate change are sometimes man made. In our country today, you realise that we are discovering oil in Turkana and North Eastern. We have also discovered coal in Eastern Province, especially in Mwingi. These are going to emit carbon dioxide which is going to bring about climate change. It is important that we address these issues. We are going to be exploring oil in Turkana. As we refine this oil, we need to have a law to control the emission of carbon dioxide and how it will affect climate. This Bill proposes the measures to be taken by the Government in mitigating these emissions. Kenya is not the only country that is concerned with the effects of climate change. You realise that there have been several international conventions to control climate change. One of those was the Kyoto Protocol which took place in 1995 in the City of Kyoto. The world is concerned about how to address climate change. We have realised that temperatures are rising. In our country today, the cold season has extended. We are heading to August and it is still very cold and occasionally, it is very hot. We did not receive the long rains that we were expecting in March, April and May and drought is now setting in. In 2009, there was a follow up of the Kyoto Protocol in Copenhagen in Denmark to discuss these issues. So, we are on the right track as a country. So, I would like to urge this House to pass this Bill and enact this law, so that we can control the effects of climate change. This House needs to pass this Bill, so that we can set rules to mitigate against the effects of carbon dioxide emissions into the atmosphere. So it is important that we adopt this Bill. With those very few remarks, I support the Bill."
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