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    "id": 774682,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Dr.) Gogo",
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        "legal_name": "Lilian Achieng Gogo",
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    "content": "Therefore, when it comes to matters climate, honestly, we need to give it the emphasis and attention it deserves and go ahead and finance it. We must walk the talk and finance matters climate. Currently, the allocation of money for environment by the NG-CDF is very low. Part of this money should be availed at the constituency level so that we can finance matters of environment better. When it comes to polythene bags, it is now clear that Kenyans have learned to live without them. Polythene bags were a big problem because they were degrading the environment. When it comes to climate change, I think we have to put in a lot of money. Let us go natural. We would occasionally have to use the natural ladies and gents, especially where we come from in the rural areas, but we have no bushes nowadays. This has made it very difficult especially for people who use motorcycles and do not have designated toilets and other amenities for relieving themselves. We need to set up a fund across the country to enable us to put up public toilets in designated places, especially in the rural areas. I am talking about financing for climate change and I also want to put emphasis on matters health. There is no aspect of development that does not touch on climate. It cuts across the board. When it comes to food security, education, water and sanitation, all these touch on matters climate. So, we must put in money for capacity building. We must help people who are going to talk to even the least of the persons at the grassroots that we must actually conserve our environment. We must also look at systems of talking to our development partners to prioritise activities and projects that touch on climate change. As a Government and a nation, we must protect our own climate. It is easy to find people who are in the Government systems who are easily corrupted to bring down our forests. In the greater Homa Bay County, we had the Kodera Forest. You have a few trees by the roadside, but when you go inside, there is no forest. This is because of who we are as Kenyans. We are very corrupt. We want to make money and make it very quick. What are we teaching our youth here? We may have a system where probably after 10 years we are not going to have a country. When it comes to matters climate change and its financing, there is no position, no Government or political ideology. We must give this Motion the emphasis it deserves. We must take our time. It is unfortunate that when it comes to this particular matter, you can see that the House is literally empty. There are very few Members. It is the same Members who are absent who will come here and start yelling “NASA!” and “Raila Amolo Odinga!”. They should come to this House and debate this particular Motion because this is one particular thing that unifies us. This is one particular thing that we must talk about as Members. I have occasionally not been contributing to Motions. I have occasionally not been present in the House. I have been coming, signing in and going out, but despite all this, for this particular Motion, I had to stay. I am willing to stay until the end of this session for today. Why? It is touching on climate. I want to make a passionate appeal to our Members of this noble House, the august House, that if there is any particular thing that we should be remembered for as the 12th Parliament, it is generating ideas that are going to remember our very own and our one and only Nobel Laureate, Professor Wangari Mathai. What am I talking about? We are the only country that has been honoured in East Africa to be given such a high ranking, the Nobel Peace Prize. This country should take this particular Motion very seriously. If there is any money that should be given, most of it should be given for climate financing. We are going to solve issues of food insecurity, health and matters of the blue economy and all that cuts across all the SDGs. I am thinking about the big four here. The big four talks about value addition. How can we add value if we do not have anything to add value on? If we cannot sustain our agricultural systems, 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."
}