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    "id": 93794,
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    "speaker_name": "Mrs. Shabesh",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Rachel Wambui Shebesh",
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    "content": "Thank you very much, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I want to support this Vote. I want to start by congratulating the Minister and his officers for the work they have done on the issue of afforestation in this country. I am delighted to note that an issue that had been controversial was dealt with in a very professional manner. Kenya is now proud, not only to have a heritage in its water towers, but also to be an example of a country that can take seriously the issue of conservation and afforestation. So, I want to thank the Minister for that. I would like to speak on a few issues that I have heard the Minister also articulate in his speech. One of the issues he has spoken about is wildlife clubs. I want to remember that when I was in school, I was a member of the wildlife club. However, I would like to urge the Ministry to now expand this wildlife club to wildlife and forests club. It is about time children learnt from an early age like they do about wildlife about the importance of forests and afforestation. I believe that education about the environment is the best early education. I would also like to speak on an issue that I have heard the Chairman of the Committee speak about, about the carbon trading and the issue of the reds and the reds plus. In Africa, and in Kenya in particular, we are being taken round by development partners on the issues of carbon trading and the reds, because what happened in Copenhagen as you all know was not the result that Africa was looking for. In my association with other African countries, especially those that have forests like the Congo, I have realized that they are really benefiting from money that is coming from the developed world in form of support for afforestation. On climate change and in issues of mitigation, Africa is looked at, at how much importance she places on afforestation. Sometimes we place the issue of climate change in the wrong Ministry and I say that with all due respect. We have left the Ministry of Environment and Mineral Resources to deal with the issue of climate change, yet when it comes to the real issue of how we can mitigate, it is mostly through the forestry aspect. Therefore, I would like the Ministry to come out clearly and tell Kenyans what the role of the Kenyan populace is on the issue of afforestation. How can the women and the young people of Kenya benefit from the money that is coming to the developed countries, but benefits other countries? We would like to know how this money can benefit us, as a"
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