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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Murungi",
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        "legal_name": "Kathuri Murungi",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I was saying that Kenya is a bit late because out of the 195 countries which participated in the climate change deal in Paris last year, almost 114 of them have already ratified it. Therefore, I thank the leadership of this House and the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources for bringing this Agreement to the Floor of the House so that we can participate in the ratification as a country. I thank His Excellency the President because for the last four years, he has actively participated in the Conference of Parties (COP19), COP20, COP21 and a week ago, he was in Morocco for COP22. This really shows that Kenya, as a country, has taken issues of climate change seriously. This Agreement is crucial because during the COP21 in which I participated under the leadership of my mentor, Hon. Ottichilo, who was the team leader then, that Agreement benefited all countries. We were all very happy with the negotiations and what came forth during the negotiations. Once we ratify this Agreement, as a Parliament, it is one of the instruments which will open up some of the benefits my colleagues have put across including access to climate change funds. Therefore, this is very important for this country. Already, even when we participated during the negotiations, Kenya got deals worth more than US$500 million. We hope when this money gets to this country, it is put into prudent use. The other advantage is that this House passed the Climate Change Act which was assented to by the President and is now law. I thank this Parliament because in the meetings I The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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