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    "id": 1199316,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Kavindu Muthama",
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        "legal_name": "Agnes Kavindu Muthama",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to read my Statement and lay it before this House. Mr. Deputy Speaker, I rise pursuant to Standing Order 53(1) to seek a Statement from the Standing Committee of Land, Environment and Natural Resources on Declassification of Machakos County as an ASAL. In the Statement, the Committee should- (1) Appraise the Senate on the facts that have contributed to the declassification of Machakos County as ASAL by the National Drought Management Authority (NDMA); (2) Explain the policy behind this declassification stating whether relevant stakeholders were involved through public participation, tabling evidence of the same; (3) Provide details of the amounts of Government and donor funding allocated to the drought and mitigation measures in the County detailing the amount allocated to Machakos County prior to the declassification; (4) State the targeted interventions detailing the activities and measures put in place by the Ministry of Devolution and ASAL, the NDMA and Machakos County Government to avert drought and famine in the County; (5) Avail audited financial records by the Ministry of Devolution and ASAL, the NDMA and Machakos County Government on funds allocated towards programs to avert drought and famine in the County from the year 2014 to date; and, (6) Confirm whether the County will be reinstated and classified as an ASAL area by the NDMA. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, just to speak on this. There is a lot of drought in Machakos County. We do not understand how it was declassified. At the moment, when other ASALs are receiving food, we are not. Our people are hungry, suffering and there is no water. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I will read the second Statement."
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