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"content": "We have asked for the KMC to be decentralized, but the Government does not understand. The Government offset a Kshs4 billion or Kshs5 billion debt owed by the KMC Headquarters in Athi River. Why can the Government not establish one in Garissa, North Horr and Marsabit so that the KMC in Athi River is not under a lot of pressure? We require it because it is our facility, it will be useful to us and help the catchment areas in Maasailand. Why should the Government require somebody in a village in North Horr Constituency to transport the few livestock he owns to the KMC grounds in Athi River and yet it can establish a satellite KMC there? What is the logic? The Government lost about Kshs30 billion through corruption by importing maize some of which was Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO) into this country. Why can the Government not use this money to irrigate our land? About 80 per cent of this land is arable. If you visit a place called âHabasweinâ in Wajir South, you will find Lorian Swamp. The fields there extend as far as your eyes can see. We only need to irrigate that land in order not only to feed the people of northern Kenya, but the rest of Kenyans. If this is done we will even export the surplus food. The Government must wake up. We do not want an artificial Ministry to be created for us so that we can celebrate and then we are disappointed and start complaining after a few months. The Ministry is artificial and we do not understand it. It has no offices anywhere in the country. Its headquarters is here and it has no money. Even President Museveni"
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