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    "id": 519976,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/519976/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ganya",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Francis Chachu Ganya",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I want to commend my colleague, hon. Doctor Ottichilo for moving this Bill. This was a Private Members Bill and then it was brought to our Committee. I know it has been a long journey for him. In the Tenth Parliament this Bill was passed, but it was not assented to by the President for the reason that there was very little consultation that was done. Again, in the Eleventh Parliament, he has pushed it this far. I hope this time, given the consultations that the Committee has done, our President will assent to it. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, climate change is a major challenge of our time. Very few countries in the world have advanced climate change law. It is very controversial and very sensitive. It has a major impact on the economy of a country because it impacts on how industries operate in this country. Because of that, we have been a leader again not only in Africa, but in the world for having such a comprehensive climate change law. It will also enable this country to access climate financing. There are a lot of funds out there which now, with this law, we should be able to access and manage the crisis that we face here in Kenya. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I hope the President will assent to this so that we have a comprehensive law to deal with the climate crisis in our country."
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