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    "id": 774637,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/774637/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kubai Iringo",
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        "legal_name": "Cyprian Kubai Iringo",
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    "content": "It goes without saying that climatic change is a problem globally. It is not a Kenyan problem only. Being in the Third World with minimum resources, we are more vulnerable than other countries which have resources they can use to mitigate climatic changes faster than us. Unfortunately for us in the Third World, and Kenya in particular, we react to problems. We react when forests have been decimated and when rivers run dry. We are not proactive. If that trend continues, we are bound to experience harder times and especially if we do not set aside finances to cater for those problems. Even if we enact many Acts - We have already enacted the Forest Act, the Environment Act, the Climate Act and the Water Act - without resources and finances, those laws will only remain on paper and there will not be any implementation. Therefore, we need to put in this Policy a monetary aspect. It is exactly the reason we have come up with this Sessional Paper on Climate Finance. We call on Government, stakeholders, private entrepreneurs and international donors to contribute towards this fund so that we can mitigate the effects of climate change in this world. I pass through Sagana every weekend when going to my constituency, Igembe Central in Meru. I have observed that presently one can walk across the Tana River. When there are rains one is even shy or afraid of looking at the river because of the large volume of its water. Today, even fishing boats have been kept aside because they cannot be rowed in the muddy waters."
}