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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I rise pursuant to Standing Order 53(1) to seek a Statement from the Standing Committee on National Security, Defence and Foreign Relations on the current drought ravaging vast regions of the country. In the Statement, the Committee should - (1) Spell out the strategic interventions put in place in the Ministry of East Africa, Arid and Semi-Arid Areas (ASAL) and Regional Development to combat Kenya’s worsening drought situation in the recent times. (2) Explain the strategy adopted by the National Steering Committee on Drought Response to achieve its objective of raising funds and collecting and distributing food rations to the over six million people affected by the drought countrywide inclusive of their livestock. (3) State the amount of funds raised by the National Steering Committee on Drought Response (NSCDR) to mitigate the effects of drought in the country, as well as the accountability measures put in place to prevent wastage and pilferage of the said funds that have been collected. (4) Give a breakdown of how funds that have been raised by NSCDR to combat drought have been utilised and areas that have benefited from food including animals, that was donated by Government and well-wishers to support affected Kenyans."
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