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    "id": 1179827,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Lomenen",
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        "id": 2940,
        "legal_name": "James Lomenen Ekomwa",
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    "content": "FURTHER NOTING that residents have been forced into migration with their livestock in search of pasture and water which has exposed them to raids by bandits and resulted in children dropping out of school; CONCERNED that droughts have been recorded in the County since the 1960s and that the frequency of their occurrences has progressively increased with drought in the County becoming a yearly phenomenon; COGNIZANT that Article 43 of the Constitution of Kenya, 2010, stipulates the rights of every person to be free from hunger, to have adequate food of acceptable quality, and to have clean and safe water in adequate quantities, and obliges the State to provide social security to persons unable to support themselves and their dependants; FURTHER COGNIZANT that Article 11 of the United Nation’s International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) places further emphasis on the fundamental right to food and obliges the State to take progressive steps towards achieving the full realization of the right to adequate food; NOW THEREFORE, the Senate urges the Ministries of Agriculture and Livestock Development; Water, Sanitation, and Irrigation; Education, and the Ministry of East African Community (EAC), the ASALs and Regional Development through the National Drought Management Authority, to come up with a policy framework to address the perennial drought in the County and to come up with policy programs addressing the current needs of the County including – (1) A rollout of a Rapid Response Initiative (RRI) program of providing foodstuffs to the affected residents of the County to address immediate critical needs; (2) an introduction of a feeding program in schools across the County; (3) the drilling of water boreholes; and, (4) an institution of a livestock off-take program to buy weak livestock. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, right now as we sit here, the people of Turkana County, especially pastoralists are severely suffering. They have lost their livestock that is the main source of livelihood. Livestock is very important in pastoralist communities. A camel takes care of a family for two years. This is because it is milked four times a day for fourteen months. So, if important animals such as a camels lose their lives, what happens to the dependants? Animals such as cows or cattle are very important in our culture and our community. Donkeys for us are just like a Probox vehicle. This is because, during migration, they transport children and elderly people from one place to another, who are both very valuable. As Christians, we respect the donkeys because, Biblically, they ferried Jesus."
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