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    "id": 711013,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Murungi",
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        "legal_name": "Kathuri Murungi",
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    "content": "have attended, every speaker, even in world forums, recognise the Parliament of Kenya for having passed the Climate Change Act. Up to the other day, the Speaker brought forward the names which have been proposed to be members of the Climate Change Council. So, when all these structures are put in place plus this Agreement, we will know that the implementation of the Climate Change Act will be good for this country. Another important advantage is that the Kenya leadership itself will be at an advantage because Kenya will be one of those countries in the world which will have participated in the climate change issues. We have talked about forest cover in this country. It is around 7 per cent. I wish to correct my friend who said we are below 5 per cent. But still we are below the global target of 10 per cent. As a Committee, we have put a lot of funds especially for tree planting during the rainy season. For example, now there is money for green schools programme. We hope the Ministry is implementing these issues so that we can get to the target of 10 per cent. At the Climate Change Agreement, we said we try to reduce the global warming by 2 per cent but the target is 1.5 per cent. This can only be done by reducing emissions. Therefore, if we bring the forest cover to 10 per cent then we will benefit and the world would be able to mitigate the effects of climate change. The developed countries contribute highly towards global warming. Therefore, this Agreement indicates that developing countries should be well supported so that they can adapt to the effects of climate change. The developed world contributes a lot towards pollution, but some of them are not even giving commitments on how they would fund the developing countries in order to mitigate the effects of climate change. In Kenya, as I conclude, the focal point on these issues of climate change is the National Environment Management Authority (NEMA). We hope that many communities will access this money when it comes. Let them not use a lot of bureaucracy as they engage firms, organisations and institutions which want to participate in the utilisation of climate change funds. Therefore, we hope NEMA will open up to as many organisations and communities as possible so that Kenya can participate in this process. I support the ratification of this Agreement."
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