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    "content": "What I see being proposed here is very interesting and I hope they are not going to go the same direction. We have NEMA and many other parastatals in Government which are asking for money from the public. In Part IV – Duties relating to Climate Change, Clause 15(1) says:- “The Council may, on recommendation of the Cabinet Secretary and in consultation with the relevant Cabinet Secretaries and county government, impose duties relating to climate change on any public entity at all levels of Government”. When I read “impose duties”, of late, almost every parastatal that is born comes up with an element of tax collection. This is worrisome because why do they collect money and yet it is the national Government that is giving out the money? On some occasions, we have had some parastatals that have not utilized their funds well and have ended up running around trying to close projects and businesses in the name of wanting to use this money. The NEMA shall also, on behalf of the Council, do the same. This Bill proposes that we have the county government on board so that the performance, functions, integration and mainstreaming of climate change is imposed on the county governments. It is time we took climate change seriously. The earlier we do it, the better, now that we are just starting devolution. Every county government must show where this is anchored. The CEC in charge of environment issues must be somebody who has studied and has the relevant expertise in the same. We should also have a directorate under the relevant CEC so that we are able to safeguard Kenya and make it a country of choice in controlling climate change and guaranteeing the future and the lives of our people. I support."
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