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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Osotsi",
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    "content": "critical to our lives as human beings. It is also very critical to our development both as a country and globally. I say so because climate change is a key component on environmental management. It is important for Kenya, now that it relies heavily on agriculture, to invest substantially on climate change and issues of environmental management. It is now clear that environmental management goes hand in hand with sustainable development. If we want to develop as a nation, we must invest and plan matters to do with environmental management. This policy is very important. I concur with my colleague who has said that this policy is long overdue. It should have been introduced in this Parliament many years back. We see the effects of climate change all over. In some areas in this country, we have regions that used to harvest twice a year, but now they can only harvest once a year. This is an effect of climate change. We have also suffered because of El Nino rains. The country has lost a lot of money because of the effects that come with El Nino rains. As a country, we need to think widely and invest substantially on matters to do with climate change. When we talk about climate change, we are talking about things like drainage systems. When you are designing the drainage system, say, for Nairobi and other major towns, you must take into account climate change. You can clearly see that climate change is central to our lives. In fact, my advice to the Government is that we need to enhance our budgetary allocation to the ministry in charge of environment. It is because environment affects everything. Environment affects planning, our roads, agriculture and virtually anything you can talk about in this world. I support the Motion."
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