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    "id": 131460,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/131460/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Lesrima",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister, Ministry of State for Provincial Administration and Internal Security",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 178,
        "legal_name": "Simon Saimanga Lesirma",
        "slug": "simon-lesirma"
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    "content": " Thank you Mr. Speaker, Sir. I stand to second the Vote of the Ministry of State for Special Programmes. I want to begin by congratulating the Minister and her senior staff for the good work they have done in the recent past, particularly in the distribution of the Government relief food. For those of us who come from difficult areas, the positive thing that we see is the relief food that is visible and transparently distributed. The Ministry may look small in size but its role is extremely significant. Therefore, we feel that the resources being given for administration, the Kshs3.4 million should be enhanced, perhaps during the Revised Estimates to allow the districts to have district coordinators to oversee the distribution of relief food. At the moment, District Commissioners and District Steering Groups are the ones that are dealing with these roles but I think they need district coordinators. This Ministry is not properly funded and the resources are limited and depending on external funding. It is not fair for us, as a country, to rely on external funding on issues to do with our own food security and our own resource management. For example, we know that in the case of flooding, we only have the Nzoia River Project which is funded at Kshs1.2 billion to cover one kilometer. We are aware that there are many other areas in Kenya which are prone to flooding. These other areas have not been considered. For example, Tana River is prone to flooding and even very significant rivers like one River Dawa in Mandera, a very important river that occasionally floods and causes problems to the people in the area."
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