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    "speaker_name": "Dr. Shaban",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister of State for Special Programmes",
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        "legal_name": "Naomi Namsi Shaban",
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    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to move that the Speaker do now leave the Chair. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to register my Ministry’s gratitude to this august House for the continued support that it has given to us since our inception. Without such support, the realization of our vision of a safer responsive and disaster resilience society for sustainable development would not be easy. Our mission as a Ministry remains to co- ordinate disaster preparedness and response and mitigate humanitarian effects through relief and recovery programmes. We try to achieve that to a large extent through our mandate, which includes:- 1. Co-ordination of disaster risk reduction programmes. 2. Provision and distribution of famine relief. 3. Maintenance of security grain reserves. 4. National Aids Control Council. 5. Co-ordination of the campaign against HIV and AIDS. 6. The resettlement of the internally displaced persons. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Financial Year 2008/2009 was characterized by many adverse events, including the effects of the post 2007 election violence. The high level of food insecurity arising from the rocketing global food and fuel crisis, the poor performance in the agricultural sector which put strain on the strategic grain reserves, the famine disaster that was declared by the President in the second half of the financial year and the twin fire tragedies of Nakumatt Downtown and Molo. Despite the many difficulties experienced during the year, we were able to make some strides. Allow me to mention some of the achievements that we have realized during the challenging year, and on which my Ministry will be building momentum as its contribution for overcoming today’s challenges for a better Kenya tomorrow. (a) The Resettlement and Reconstruction of the Post-2007 Election Violence Victims. My Ministry has been able to resettle 347,800 people so far, back to the original areas of displacement. Out of the over 78,254 homes destroyed during the post-election violence, 15,392 houses have been reconstructed. In addition 23,021 households received funds worth Kshs25, 000 each to assist them rebuild their homes. Towards this end, we"
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