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    "id": 649423,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/649423/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ganya",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 18,
        "legal_name": "Francis Chachu Ganya",
        "slug": "francis-ganya"
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    "content": "As a country, we already have a climate Change Action Plan as a result of their effort, the effort of other stakeholders and the effort of many others in the Government. If this Bill will go through, we will be one of the few countries in the world with a climate change law. When we go to these global conferences on climate change, we will walk proudly as a nation with our heads up knowing that we are doing our bit to manage the crisis of climate change. For these reasons, we feel very strongly that members of the civil society should be represented in the National Climate Change Council so that they can contribute effectively towards the concerns and enable this country address the climate change crisis, which is a global concern for all of us. The second issue is whether the persons to serve in this council should be approved by Parliament or by the National Assembly or the Senate. We strongly feel that climate change is an issue of national concern and is cross-cutting for both levels of government. Climate change affects our counties, nation and the globe in totality. For this reason, we strongly feel these nominees should be vetted by both Houses of Parliament. On the issue of fines, the proposal by the National Assembly was good enough because it did not set the minimum or maximum fine. It basically gave discretion through which a judge could easily decide what needs to be done through his or her wisdom. On that basis, the Senate has agreed with the position of the National Assembly. This is a very good Bill. It will enable us to deal with a major global crisis of our time, which is climate change. I hope our President will this time round assent to this Bill so that we can have a climate change law in Kenya. I beg to second this Motion."
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