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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Wakhungu",
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        "legal_name": "Chrisantus Wamalwa Wakhungu",
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    "content": "It means that our society is dependent on the environment. Both of them are mutually inclusive. One of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) touches on issues of climate change. Again, on the SDGs, we also have a goal of global partnership. In this context, we want to support this Policy. I have quickly gone through it and it provides a framework that our country must adopt in order to mitigate the risks of climate change. We are part and parcel of the Paris Convention of 2015 which talks about mobilisation of US$100 billion in terms of coming up with resources that will mitigate against these strategies. We have an Act of Parliament namely The Treaty Making and Ratification Act. The fact that Kenya is a signatory to this Treaty goes without saying that it is part and parcel of the laws of this country. We know very well that good plans are put in place but 70 per cent of them fail because of poor implementation. When it comes to policy or strategy implementation, the issue of financing is very critical. I want to salute this Policy because one of the strategies it has highlighted in terms of financing is the public-private partnerships. We have just passed an Act of Parliament in this House that governments all over will never have enough resources to implement their plans but through public-private partnerships, we can fundraise. We have very good corporate organisations in this country such as Safaricom and many others which can help out through their corporate social responsibility programmes. Through a framework of public- private partnerships, we can raise those funds which will go a long way in terms of mitigating the risks of environmental degradation. I salute the late Professor Wangari Maathai. She was very passionate and compassionate on matters of environment. She said if you do not take care of nature, nature will destroy you. It is high time we came up with policies that take care of nature. When we talk of nature, it is about the environment. The environment is the source of everything. We have heard so 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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