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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Hulufo",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for the opportunity. I would like to start by sending my heartfelt condolences to the people of Nyeri County on behalf of the people of Isiolo North and Isiolo County in general. I would like to support the Motion. As one of the Members representing an Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (ASAL) constituency, I would like to say that climate change is one of the biggest threats to our very existence as people. It undermines our livelihood. Most of the things we do like economic activities are based on natural resources. They are dependent on rainfall and are therefore sensitive to climate variation and climate change. I would like to add my voice to those Members who have spoken before me and who have stated that probably we needed to have this policy long time ago. I am sure it has been in draft form for quite some years but finally it is with us now. As the representative of the people we need to applaud it. In ASALs, we are facing frequent droughts whose severity is increasing year after year. When we were growing up, we used to experience drought after every 10 years. The frequency reduced to five years. Currently, every year is literally a drought year especially in pastoral counties of our nation. Looking at the policy paper, it is fortunate that it was tabled before we adjourned the House. Therefore, we had adequate opportunity to go through the document. Probably, there are a number of areas which the Member who spoke before me mentioned which need to be refined further. However, generally since this is the first policy paper on climate change, it is a good start. One of the challenges we have had especially those who have had opportunities to do climate-related work before they join this House is that we have a lot of efforts by the Government at different levels by non-State actors but most of these efforts are disjointed in nature but there are a lot of good efforts which have been done especially at micro- level. However, one thing which has been missing is an over-ranking policy framework which ideally should be developed at a national level and it is with us now. I am sure with this framework now, all the stakeholders and governmental and non-governmental research institutions and so on and so forth will have an opportunity to contribute towards building resilience of our nation to climate change. Of course, as a country, we are very vulnerable to effects of climate change because everything that we do is affected by negative impacts of climate change. 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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