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    "id": 1199027,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mbeere North, DP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Ruku GK",
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    "content": "One of the Members has mentioned issues to do with climate change, which is compounding all these issues into a serious crisis. It is important to put a framework which will guide the monies that will be coming from climate financing to ensure that they are properly used by Kenya to take care of such calamities. This House can propose and enact a Bill on climate financing which will enable a number of dams to be constructed in the country. In my constituency, for instance, we have Kamumu Dam whose design is complete. The cost is about Kshs23 billion, but the Government is not able to support it with the said amount. If the dam is completed, the people of Mbeere North will have a sustainable water supply, and the issue of drought in Mbeere North will be a thing of the past. We must come up with innovative ways. One, of them was proposed by the President in this House. That, a water purchase agreement will be formulated by the Government of the day. At the same time, we need to earn ourselves all the funding or money that is coming to the counties in form of climate financing so that it can implement huge projects which can mitigate the effects of climate change. Those huge projects can be effective in every county of the Republic of Kenya, so that we can have mega dams which can serve all the corners of this country to ensure that we have enough water to irrigate our farms. That way, lack of food in our households and schools will be a thing of the past. However, in the short term, it is important we move with speed so that the Government of the day can feed the children in our schools. They are going hungry every single day. Some of them are dropping out of school and the head teachers are facing a huge crisis because they are not able to sustain the children in school. Primary school education is free but you realise that we have many pupils being sent home because of small monies which parents cannot afford. We need to know to what extent the primary school education is free? Why are primary school pupils being sent home? We are The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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