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    "id": 1113232,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1113232/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Isiolo North, KPP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Hassan Hulufo",
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        "legal_name": "Hassan Oda Hulufo",
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    "content": "as a country, after failure of two rainy seasons, we have ended up with an emergency. What this tells us, particularly those from the North, is that we have a Government which does not care. If that framework called the EDE was resourced adequately year after year from 2012 up to this year, we would not have ended up with the current drought emergency. Unfortunately, this matter seems to be a Northern Kenya affair. I do not see the leadership of this House from the Majority Party as well as the Minority Party taking interest, yet when they are interested in our votes, they put us into camps, visit our people in the name of UPYA or in the name of the United Democratic Alliance (UDA). Unfortunately, I do not see either side taking any interest in this matter. This should be a lesson for us, especially those of us who represent people being ravaged by drought. I was expecting the Chairman of the Budget and Appropriations Committee or the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning to be here. We need to immediately initiate a process where a Supplementary Budget can be passed. According to estimates by Government and UN agencies, what we need to effectively respond to these emergencies is about Kshs9.4 billion. We have Kshs2 billion from our National Drought Emergency Fund in respect of which Regulations were passed recently. The gap should be bridged through an immediate Supplementary Budget that must be brought to this House so that we can facilitate line Ministries to implement school feeding programmes; so that we can also waive fees for children in secondary schools and tertiary institutions from Northern Kenya; so that we can also mitigate resource-based conflict, which is also a major concern in most of our areas. As we speak, the few areas that provide feeding resources for our livestock are not accessible because of conflict. Thank you very much, Hon. Speaker. I can see that my time is up."
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