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    "speaker_name": "Laikipia East, TSP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Mwangi Kiunjuri",
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    "content": "counties have not been able to receive relief food. How do we account, not only for the funds, but also the distribution of relief food? Through monitoring and evaluation of relief distribution in the government departments involved. This is one of the departments that must be strengthened in this country. Why would we wait year-in, year-out for the Auditor-General to come and pinpoint the ills in the Ministries on what happened five to ten years ago? At the end of the day, the report from the Auditor General’s office will land in this House three to five years after the ills have happened. It is therefore, important to make sure that the departments of monitoring and evaluation are strengthened to cure any ill in time. There are policies that need to be harmonised and finalised. We have so many policies that are running. If we harmonize them to know when each one comes into place, then we will say this country is moving in the right direction. Hon. Speaker, some of the programmes have been put in place through the Drought Emergency Strategy. Some areas had been prioritised for building of dams where water harvesting could be done and measures be taken to ensure that the farming communities and the pastoralist communities are living in harmony and in support of each other. These strategies are in place. Instead of us looking at what is most important, we have put our priorities upside down. We have the Big Four Agenda. If we address the question of agriculture, we can support other activities. When a country is well fed, health is not curative but preventive. I am happy that the President addressed himself to this issue. He promised to support agriculture. Agriculture is not only about crops; it encompasses fishing and livestock. Lastly, Hon. Speaker, the issue of emergency food is so important. There are people who are almost dying. In schools, our pupils are fainting in classrooms and enrolment has gone down. We, therefore, are calling upon the Government to distribute food immediately to our schools to support our pupils to go through the education system. Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I beg to support."
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