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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I think ASAL areas in this country cannot be regarded as poor. They are only poor because we do not invest sufficiently in those areas. Botswana is almost an ASAL country, but they do not even go for donor support. They are self-sufficient. Of course, they are lucky. Apart from livestock, they have some diamonds but livestock contributes more or less 50 per cent, in terms of revenue generation for the Budget. So, if we invest properly in the North Eastern Province and other parts of the country that are ASAL, we can actually have them as some of the most important economic resources for this country. Countries like Egypt depend on us. The Nile flows from Lake Victoria, which is fed by Kenyan rivers. Egypt is arid land but she is exporting food to Kenya. Israel imports water, but she also exports food. We do not have any excuse not to invest sufficiently in our ASAL, because there are examples of countries that have used dry areas through rain harvesting and irrigation to develop themselves. We do not have to allow so much water flowing through River Nzoia, River Yala and River Nyando to be killing people. We then treat them as emergencies every year and allocate money for medicine, when that water can be harvested and used for irrigation, so that we can be self-sufficient in food production and even export food. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, because this Motion is brought here in very good faith, I do not want to dwell so much on it. Therefore, the first amendment I want to move is deletion of the word “marginalization” on the first line of the Motion and replacing it with the words “under- development”. The word “marginalization” looks quite innocent, but it has other connotations. So, we thought that using the word “under-development” would be more appropriate and less controversial. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the second amendment I would like to move is insertion of the words “and other relevant Ministries” between the words “Lands” and “to” appearing on the twelfth line of the Motion. The importance of the amendments we are proposing is such that the Ministry---"
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