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    "content": "attracted adverse political reaction from the so-called stakeholders who are nothing other than political entrepreneurs, to turn an otherwise very honourable project into a disastrous campaign against the former Prime Minister’s initiative. However, this did not stop the urgency of preserving the Mau Forest. The very people who opposed this initiative are the ones who are crying that this initiative should continue and succeed. Madam Temporary Speaker, when it comes to issues of environment and climate change, let us not be unreasonably partisan on certain measures that have been taken purely for parochial and chauvinistic political reasons. This does not augur well for both the national and global interests of human kind because in the final analysis, the preservation of the environment and survival of human kind are both very intertwined. One very interesting thing that the Deputy President said recently was that we, in Kenya, are the only people who are justified on the face of the earth to welcome the rest of the humanity home, because Kenya is the home of human kind. The first human being was discovered here; Kenyapithecus zinjathropus and no one knows whether he was a monogamous or polygamous human being. Therefore, the idea that population growth is also a danger to the environment is neither here nor there. It really depends on the policies that we have towards environmental use and control, that in the final analysis may even determine the number of human beings that we are prepared to tolerate on the face of the earth. That, of course, is very closely related to the economy. A nation that looks fairly well after its environment is likely to be a nation that is very conscious of progressive economic and population policies. Madam Temporary Speaker, we must understand that when we do not have progressive technological development, we are likely to misuse and abuse our environment. That is one of the reasons the kind of energy that we use in rural areas still depends on wood fuel, because we have not progressed so well in terms of technological development. At the moment, I think that Kenya is taking very good steps of investing in green energy; geothermal, wind and solar energy. This is good because it means that if this energy becomes more accessible to the ordinary Kenyan, and we begin using it more progressively in cooking and other energy needs in the rural areas, we shall depend less on wood fuel. That means that we should preserve and renew our natural resources – water and forests – much more than we are doing at the moment. I would like to add my voice to the report of this Bill that has been brought to the Senate. I hope that we will pass it along with the Mining Bill and Sen. (Dr.) Zani’s Bill on royalties. This will then mean that we will also use the earnings that we get from our mines to invest in rural areas so that we create wealth right from villages to the top. Madam Temporary Speaker, in the final analysis, it means that the call that we have been making especially in the Senate for our resources to go to counties, we must add that they are used accountably, responsibly and in the interest of the people and not be turned into personal and primitive accumulation by a few technocrats or politicians in our counties. I beg to support. 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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