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    "id": 612229,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/612229/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Mwaura",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Isaac Maigua Mwaura",
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    "content": "25 Wednesday 2nd December, 2015(A) It is interesting because the decade for education for sustainable development came to an end last year. It lasted between 2005 and 2014. I was among 25 young people across the world who represented the youth in the Summit of 2009 in Bonn, Germany. One of the aspects in this regard is that the forces against ESD vis-à-vis the intervening measures are very strong. We are looking at the conspicuous consumption of the environment and environmental related derivatives. It falls squarely into the issue of developing versus developed countries, and a sense of industrialization. The energy levels that are required for development are quite high. Right now, we have climate change talks taking place in the world. This policy speaks to this endeavor. It is a question of having sustainable development. The western hemisphere, and, of course, to a certain extent the Asian tigers, are already going there. In Africa, we can mention South Africa, Nigeria, Tunisia and Morocco. What remains supreme is the fact that the current level of development across the globe is not sustainable. Therefore, to come up with innovation through human knowledge, that is education which is a permanent change of behavior is to ask questions such as these: Can we have renewable energy? Can we consume while ensuring that we are also reserving for the future? We are borrowing from future generations. This is not something that you will find ably explained. I think we are in a situation where primitive accumulation and greed within the system of capitalism is encouraged within our education system. It is about winner-takes-it all. Therefore, this policy, if you look at the three objectives, needs to ensure that there is a total overhaul of our education system, so that we are not just contextualizing sustainable development within the confines of the traditional ambit of the environment. We need to look at the totality of human development, so that there is sustainability and equality. We should not manufacture other forms of problems just because we want to develop. In fact, this policy is very important because we need to look at ways and means that make us achieve the same level of development without actually destroying the environment, and emitting a lot of carbon into the atmosphere. Naturally, this is supposed to be there. The creator, in his wisdom, made sure that chlorophyll carbons, hydrocarbons and fuels are down there. I hope this policy will be implemented. I hope it is not just going to be another piece of paper. We want to imagine that the legislations that are supposed to be informed by this policy will be amended in the near future to ensure that they speak to this issue. We agree that Africa needs to develop. We should not be told that we should not develop. Let us have a new paradigm, where we are developing in a sustainable manner. We need to develop by ensuring that we move our people away from poverty. We should develop in a way that we do not hurt the natural environment that God has given us. With those few remarks I support and commend Kenya for this policy."
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