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    "id": 932763,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Orengo",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Minority Leader",
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        "legal_name": "Aggrey James Orengo",
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    "content": " Madam Temporary Speaker, I also wish to thank Sen. (Dr.) Langat for bringing this very important Motion to the House. It shows that we are one as country. The fact that Sen. (Dr.) Langat from Bomet County thought about the tribulations of the people in West Pokot County, that is a demonstration that when we have national problems and disasters, we must be patriotic and think as a nation especially we Members of the Senate. I know that the Senator for West Pokot County is not here for a good reason. Madam Temporary Speaker, climate change and global warming are with us and we cannot run away from them. Although there are naysayers, there is evidence out there to show that we must deal with global warming. If you look at the Arctic and the Antarctic, the ice is thawing at a fast rate and the sea level is getting higher. Even where there was life, you could still find disaster. The flora and fauna is changing because of this phenomenon. The reason we must deal with it is because many areas are being affected constantly. An area like the Caribbean has experienced hurricanes and storms for a long period. Constant hurricanes and typhoons have hit Indonesia, the Indian sub-continent and South East Asia. The phenomenon we are seeing in West Pokot County is not just a Kenyan affair. Even the USA had Hurricane Katrina, which was a major disaster for a country as rich as the USA. Some of the naysayers in Washington D.C. do not read the signs and listen to science that global warming is a phenomenon that must be dealt with. Nationally, we must deal with it by protecting our forests since some of these things are happening because of deforestation and other phenomena like desertification. Having said that, I sympathize with the people of West Pokot County because they have gone through great suffering. What is happening there is a great tragedy. I feel that we should not be parading our police officers, firefighters and the NYS on national holidays because when speeches are made, they say that they are ready to fight any problem anywhere and at any time round the clock. During national holidays, they are in their thousands, but these units were not there to be seen in West Pokot. One of the things I have noted is that there is also some dysfunction in the Government because the Deputy President and the Minister for Interior and Coordination of National Government are members of the National Security Council (NSC). When The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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