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    "content": "causes. A whole decade of development can be wiped away just overnight. For example, if it snows and we are all not ready and about 50 per cent of us die as a result, it will erode all the development that we have. It is so key and can actually take you back 100 years. It becomes critical to focus on the key tenets. Madam Temporary Speaker, I have looked at the composition of the Council that has been put into place and I am impressed with the various people who will sit in that Council that will be chaired by the President. There will be the directorate comprising of a secretariat and then the Cabinet Secretary (CS) who, for the time being is in charge of environment and climate change who will also sit in the Council. However, it also extends to other members who will be appointed by the President. I will not go through all the members but just the key ones. One is a representative from the academia who will be nominated by the Commission of University Education (CUE). I would like to add that this has to be somebody who is very well versed with issues of climatic change and bring in the theory and actual sense of good practice from other countries that have been in this situation. There will also be a representative from the private sector, civil society and one from the Council of Governors. I think this cascades the issue of looking at it in terms of the actionable plan not just at the national level but even to counties and wards. That way, they will be prepared at various moments so that they can have a quick reaction. One of the ways that it will be cascaded that has been put in the Bill is to ensure that at county levels, we have people who will consistently have a feedback mechanism into the Council. I expect that at the implementation level, apart from the Council at the national level, we need to cascade this to various levels at the county so that matters of climate change can be handled quite appropriately. Also, as part of the functions of the Council, advising the national and county governments on legislative policy and other measures to be taken. This brings it together and sums it up in a way that helps the key issues to be addressed in the most appropriate way and time. Madam Temporary Speaker, the Bill also outlines the various functions and what the directorate will be responsible for, as well as serving as a national knowledge and information management centre. This is very critical for climatic change because by the time a disaster occurs as a result of adverse climatic change, there would have been patterns. Remember when there was a tsunami, all animals and living creatures apart from people had already migrated. In climatic change discourse, they always say that extreme climatic change that will lead to disaster will always come with prior warning. Collating information, verifying and redefining this knowledge will help people to come up with a better response mechanism at any one time to enable them to have a way to respond. The Bill is arranged very well. In Clause 3, the climate change response measures and actions have been clearly stipulated and versed. I think Hon. (Dr.) Otichilo did his homework as he drafted this Bill. Let me stress on strengthening the approaches to climatic change research and developing training technology transfer. There is also the need to recommend and review duties of public and private bodies on climate change so that the work that had been done prior to this by both public 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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