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    "id": 1199639,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Korir",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, allow me to congratulate Sen. Ali Roba for coming up with this important Motion on declaration of drought as a national disaster. This is something that is not new because we have been facing droughts year in, year out. I believe that Members of this House are up to the task. I hope we will work with the Kenya Kwanza Government by coming up with strict policies that will help this country to address the issue of drought. I also thank His Excellency the President for proposing that we come up with a housing policy. We have various Committees in this House. Housing projects should also be done in the ASALs, so that those people can also have amenities like others. Every year, we talk of drought and people are still asking for water and infrastructural development. Those are things that everybody should have. It is high time we came up with a lasting solution. We have been asking donors to assist us in ensuring that we have food security. We have also been doing budgets to address that, but we can do better. We need long-lasting solutions. We should not just discuss and pass this Motion. We need to sit with relevant stakeholders. I know that we have a challenge because Cabinet Secretaries (CSs) have not been vetted and appointed by the President. We need to come up with policies and structures that are going to end challenges that people face as a result of drought year in, year out. People are suffering and animals are dying. We see pictures of malnourished children and that is because of our doing. We need to act by coming up with measures that are going to sort out this problem once and for all. Let it not be like a song that we keep on singing. No parent would want their child to sleep without food and no parent would want their child to stay at home because of bad roads and lack of water. We should encourage our children in the ASALs to start planting trees, so that at least we can have a change."
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