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    "id": 649476,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Dr.) Ottichilo",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Wilber Ottichilo Khasilwa",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. From the outset, I am very much humbled by the comments Members of this House have made regarding myself, climate change and the mediated version of this Bill. This is, indeed, very encouraging realising that climate change is the single-most important aspect in the world today that is threatening our own survival. This Bill has taken a long time from the 10th Parliament and now the 11th Parliament. I am very happy that Members of this House and Members of the Senate have overwhelmingly supported the Bill. When we sat in the Mediation Committee, the Members of the Senate and Members of this House had a very cordial discussion which led to this mediated version of this Bill. I am very happy that we have finally concluded this Bill. I am very hopeful that once we conclude it, His Excellency the President will assent to it. It is so crucial that it must become operational given that climate change is among the 17 agendas of the Sustainable Development Goals. In fact, it is agenda No.13. We need a legal framework to address that agenda. As our colleagues have indicated, once this Bill is assented to, Kenya will be among the first countries in Africa to enact this legislation. That has a lot of implications for this country. We shall qualify to receive many grants and donations in this area and we shall become champions in the African Continent on matters of climate change. In fact, a number of countries are already awaiting the enactment of this law so that they can use it to enact their own. So, this is a milestone. I take this opportunity to thank all hon. Members, both of the National Assembly and the Senate, who have supported this Bill and who understand the challenges climate change poses to our mother planet. I thank all of them and beg to second."
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