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    "content": "have spent Kshs575, 525,000. A further 137,628 households have received Kshs10, 000 each totaling Kshs1, 376,280,000. (b) The maintenance of the Strategic Grain Reserve. During the year, 3.7 million bags of maize were purchased as a step towards enhancing the statutory stock of eight million bags. (c) Relief and Rehabilitation. Some 2.5 million Kenyans in various parts of the country received emergency relief food assistance. (d) National campaign Against HIV/AIDS The National AIDS Control Council has initiated various programmes to fulfill its mandate in managing the AIDS pandemic. In this regard, over 656 organizations were selected and funded at constituency, district and national levels for implementation of the HIV/AIDS activities. Ten out of the 19 public entities received grants to further strengthen the mainstreaming of HIV and AIDS in their planning activities. Also, 270,162 people are on Anti-Retroviral treatment coupled with food assistance. Of this, 245,476 are adults and 24,686 are children. Mr. Speaker, Sir, we also have the Western Kenya Community Driven Development and Flood Mitigation Project. This project is co-funded by the Government of Kenya and the World Bank and it has continued its splendid work in the Nzoia and Yala basins. Through the initiative, it has been possible to realize the one kilometre stretch in Nzoia River at Rubunga and Subuka that is notorious for flooding has been trained; Rubunga 240 metres and Subuka 760 metres. There is also a community radio which is called Radio Bulala to broadcast disaster and early warning bulletins in Budalangi area. Ninety community projects, 27 support to local development projects and 30 youth groups were financed to the tune of over Kshs185 million. A system for establishment of community foundations in the project area was also created. Ten malaria interventions have been financed. Participatory Integrated Community Development (PICD) training was done in 90 sub-locations. The socio-economic and feasibility studies on two mini-hydro projects were finalized. This will be followed by preliminary design, development and rehabilitation. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Ministry of State for Special Programmes will be operating on a gross budget of Kshs7, 266,990,880 this financial year. That is half of what we got in the last financial year. This allocation which is 52 per cent falls short in the modest requirement which was Kshs19.4 billion which we had submitted to the Treasury for financing. My Ministry will nevertheless focus its energies and resources, albeit meager, towards the following priority areas:- The National campaign against HIV/AIDS where Kshs2, 085,071,378 is going to be used. Out of that, Kshs499 million is direct from the Government of Kenya and the rest from donors."
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