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    "id": 1179884,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Chute",
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        "legal_name": "Chute Mohamed Said",
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    "content": "When food from the national Government is distributed, I think a household will only get a kilogramme of maize meal. How will it help you? Sen. Cherarkey was saying “we have a bumper harvest.” If he has a bumper harvest in Rift Valley and in Marsabit and Turkana people are starving and dying, are we in the same country. I really doubt? Lactating mothers are suffering from malnutrition. Children in Early Childhood Education (ECDE) are no longer attending classes. I went to an ECDE class in Argei and realized that the children are not going to school. This is because, the porridge that they were being given is not there. This is not something that can be taken lightly. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the water levels have gone down. More than 80 per cent of boreholes, pans and dams in Marsabit and Turkana counties are dry. We have the Kenya Kwanza Government that says “ tunatenda na tunafanya ”, but I am seeing the opposite of what they are talking about. Marsabit County has four problems. Some are manmade and others are natural. The manmade problems are corruption and drug abuse. If you go to the 47 counties, you will learn that money that is meant for relief supplies is consumed here in Nairobi. The little of relief supplies is sold on the way to Marsabit by the drivers and their turn boys. When it reaches the Government stores like the National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB), the people there steal some. The same thing happens when it goes to the committee of the chiefs. Many Non-governmental Organisations (NGOs) in Marsabit, Turkana and other places have decided to stop giving relief food supplies. They have opted for cash transfers. I urge both the national and county governments to go the cash transfer way. That guarantees whatever is supposed to go to the poor is sent to their phones. The other problem we have is banditry on our highways from Isiolo to Marsabit. Surprisingly, I went to Moyale and came back to Isiolo. I counted 17 police barriers, each manned by not less than 10 police officers. If you do your maths, you will realise that those are 170 police officers yet there are banditry attacks on the road from Archers Post to Merille almost every day. People have lost lives, money and goods. We have drought, banditry on that road and our animals are being stolen. When I went to Argei, our people lost over 800 head of cows to bandits from Rift Valley. Those people happen to be relatives of my friend, Senator for Turkana County. This happens because the National Police Reserve (NPR) guns were given to people from Rift Valley while the people from Marsabit County do not have them."
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