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    "id": 476864,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Dr.) Pukose",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Robert Pukose",
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    "content": "Hon. Deputy Speaker, climate change affects all human life in various areas, ranging from agriculture to health and all other areas that we live in. It is our responsibility to take care of our world, and to make sure that we maintain good climate that is good for survival for all human beings. As we are aware, when we look at our surroundings, we see areas which are affected by floods and cases of desertification following deforestation, especially in our water pillars, like Mt. Kenya, Mt. Elgon, Mau Forest and all these other areas where we have deforestation taking place. This issue of planting trees where afforestation is now taking centre stage is key in the maintenance of our environment. I know that one of the biggest challenges especially in rural Kenya is the use of firewood or charcoal by our people for cooking and other use. At the same time, we are confronted by other challenges like the use of renewable sources of energy, which has not developed much in our country. The Government needs to invest in wind power, solar energy and others. More often, when we have heavy rains, there are storms in areas like along Kerio Valley and other places. We have houses being carried away by floods or we experience earth tremors and all these affect humankind. It is important we think of how to deal with these issues. This Bill is timely and we are aware that in 2013, the same Bill was done but was not assented to because of lack of public participation. This time, there has been enough public participation and the Ministry of Environment, Water and Mineral Resources has given their input. We expect other stakeholders to also give in their input so that at the end of the day, we make a Bill that is good for our country and that can create a board that is able to look at most of these issues that affect climate. We should protect our environment or make environmental issues a major issue in our education system. This is because it will enable our young generations to learn right from primary level through secondary level important concepts in guiding our climate. This will make sure we are able to conserve our environment and look at our ecosystem so that things work the best way. We are aware that if the current trends continue, where we use fossil energy for other uses, we might affect our climate in such a way that temperatures will rise and melt glaciers. With those few remarks, I support the Bill."
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