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    "content": "“There is established a National Climate Change Council. The Council shall be chaired by the President.” This is important because it is putting the question of climate change at the centre of the national and county governance. That is not enough because there is the Chair of Council of Governors seating at the council. There are also qualified people. There is a provision of a representative from the private sector and marginalized communities. These are the Ogieks, Sengwer and a person from Boni community. This is very important because they are people who have lived inside the environment. It is important for them to sit and be part and parcel of sharing the indigenous knowledge and methods of preserving and protecting the environment. In the old days, our forefathers stayed inside the forests. They did not destroy trees. They appreciated the desire to get protection from the forest and the fact that they were getting medicine, cover and honey. Nowadays, everybody is fighting to get a little piece of a plot at the expense of the common good of the people. It is important that we have representatives in this Council from the academia, people like my classmate Dr. Robert Kibugi, who played a very important role in drafting this Bill. There was a time in this country when we ignored the universities, centres of excellence and places of research. As a country, it is important for us to have close partnership between county governments, the national Government and the universities as far as every sector is concerned. It is important that we have men and women who are representing the academia. We need greater partnership between this council and the university because everything we do as a country is informed by knowledge and research by professors like Prof. Kindiki who moved this Bill. Therefore, it is important for us to sit together and ensure that we have an institution that can interact globally and work with other countries, attending to questions of tapping carbon credit, assisting and making sure that every home and every school is planting trees. We need to take the legacy of Prof. Wangari Maathai and ensure that every home, every Senator, every Member of Parliament (MP) every Member of County Assembly (MCA) and every leader is preaching the desire to ensure that we have more trees being planted in our country so that we can have clean air and better oxygen as properly explained by the Mover of the Motion whom I am surprised that is still very knowledgeable in matters of environment. There are so many other provisions. I do not want to belabour the point. The point here is having a legal framework and institutional framework that focuses fully on incorporation and ensuring that we have a climate change Bill which is very important for this nation. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I support this Bill and I hope it will not suffer the fate that other Bills have suffered when we lose them. We need to support this Bill. We need to ensure that we have clear provisions in the curriculum on matters of climate change from nursery school to the university level so that it becomes an integral part and parcel of our nation. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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