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    "id": 1199669,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Abdul Haji",
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    "content": "have ever faced. It has come with widespread losses of livelihood and massive displacement of our people. I was reading somewhere that, currently, 4.2 million people representing 24 per cent of the ASAL regions in Kenya, are facing high level of acute food shortage and water scarcity. Most counties in Kenya are facing acute food shortage and water scarcity. I met a gentleman from my county and he told me that they have given up on looking for water for their livestock and that they are now struggling to look for water for their use. More than 2.5 million livestock, which pastoralists families rely on, have died. Climate change, economic instability, effects of COVID-19 pandemic and the damage caused by the locust have exposed communities in the ASALs even further. We, therefore, request that we get from the national and county governments sustainable support beyond December 2022. We also request the national and governments to release available funds to scale up on the responses. We also appeal for special focus on women and young girls. Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) have stepped up the effort to offer assistance through cash transfers to thousands of beneficiaries in the ASALs. The cash transfers run into millions of shillings. We urge the Government to intervene and stop mobile communication companies from disconnecting people due to non-compliance with registration requirements according to the Kenya Information and Communications Act. The cash transfer is through mobile money such as M-pesa. The People who are affected with the drought live in far villages and centres; far from any customer service centres where they can update their registration. I know that it is also possible to update your registration through the internet. However, most of the affected people do not have internet enabled mobile phones. Therefore, we urge the Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) and Safaricom not to disconnect those beneficiaries. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the national Government is working closely with county governments and governors. I also urge the national Government to work closely with Senators when it comes to issues of drought in the ASALs. I thank you."
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