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    "speaker_name": "Laikipia East, TSP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Mwangi Kiunjuri",
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    "content": "Hon. Speaker, there are a number of interventions that have been put in place. However, we do not have any particular policy that has been highlighted that can be carried in unison to ensure that we can, at least, predict on what to do this year or next year. There are measures which have been taken. For example, we have policy documents that are in place, like Ending Drought Emergency Strategy. That strategy was made and it is already in place to ensure that key development activities are undertaken, both long term and short term. Hon. Speaker, we have the Arid and Semi-Arid Lands policy programme in place. It is being revised today. We also have the National Disaster Risk Management Bill and policy already at the Cabinet level. We do not know when it will land in this House. We have a resilience programme framework not yet finalised and signed. It clearly indicates key activities that are supposed to be implemented to build resilience. There are key priority areas that must be considered. For example, peace and security is threatened whenever there is drought. We have cattle rustlers raiding each other and causing many deaths. There is a lot of insecurity in this country today. Insecurity is not only in terms of human to human but also, human-wildlife conflicts in areas that border forests and ranches. We are being threatened. The little that would have been harvested during harvest period is harvested by wild animals. There is elephant menace all over the country. We need to prioritise how we tackle drought to ensure that we have security in this country. Education opportunities for our youth is also very important. Those young people, especially the ones coming from ASAL counties, do not have the opportunity to get proper education. Therefore, affirmative action, must be put in place. For example, for schools, we need low cost boarding primary schools to ensure that kids are kept in school. The institutions that are there must be strengthened. We need to create policies to deal with the drought situation in the country Hon. Speaker, women empowerment is also very important. Other issues include institutional strengthening. On institutional strengthening, there must be clarification of roles and responsibilities that are carried out between the national and the county governments. We need to have a clear line on when the national Government should intervene and when the county government can intervene. This must be very clear because if you leave a responsibility that is supposed to be taken seriously to the county governments, most of them cannot rise to the occasion. There is the issue of enhanced governance and accountability. Right now, distribution of relief food is ongoing in those counties that have been privileged. For most of us, our 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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