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    "content": "It is also better to qualify what type of a person from the private sector we want, although down there, it is actually indicating the type of training that these people must have undergone. It would be important to have somebody from the industrial sector. This is because of the type of emissions that come from industries. Kenya is in a state of take- off when you look at our Vision 2030. Last year, we were declared a middle income country and this means that we are heading towards value addition and employment of our people will now be found in the agro-based industries. The Bill is also talking about somebody from the academia. It is good to qualify that this must be a person from an active research area on climate change. There is a rider in paragraph 7 which I need to read. It states:- “The Council shall, at its first sitting ballot to determine which of the members appointed under sub-section 2 (f), (g) and (i) shall serve for a two year term to ensure pro-rata succession of membership”. This statement is stating which type of representative will come from the private sector. Somewhere in the Bill, it states that the members must be vetted by the National Assembly. It is not clear from this rider whether there will be need to submit a representative from the private sector so that you vet two and keep another one spare for almost two years before the other one finishes the time. We are also going to have a representative from the civil society, another one representing marginalized communities, the academia and so on. We also know that the Council of Governors is rotational on a yearly basis and a sitting Chairperson is only eligible for one extra term. The originator of this Bill needs to look at that because must it strictly be the Chairman of the Council of Governors? It could even be a person nominated by the Council of Governors who will sit for the full term of five years. The Member needs to re-look at this. I do not see why we should have two people from the private sector on a rational basis. We should just do it once, and then after the duration and the exit as a Council, a new one comes. I do not see why we should not be able to do that. Madam Temporary Speaker, what has been indicated here are the powers and duties of the Cabinet Secretary. There is also a proposed Climate Change Directorate. Under the relevant Ministry, there must be a directorate of climate change which is going to be led by a director who is going to be employed by the Public Service Commission and people from all these fields indicated here. They have stated in Clause 9(4) (a) that he should be a Kenyan citizen, (b) with a postgraduate degree, knowledge and experience in any of the following fields: Environmental studies, engineering, meteorology, law, economics and so on. Now that we are dealing with climate change, it would have been more specific to state that this person should have a second degree in areas related to climate change. This is now being studied in universities. There is no need to include law, economics and engineering. We should have just zoomed in on what we want. The people who are coming to the Council are persons that have experience of over 10 years in areas related to climate change. There are also other parastatals that will work with them. 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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