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    "content": "So, in the first place, under the Ministry of Development of Northern Kenya and other Arid Lands, we must have a drought management policy co-ordination unit. How do we co- ordinate? The Ministry of Livestock Development was given Kshs500 million as a livestock offtake to the Kenya Meat Commission (KMC) but that was given as a soft loan. When you are given that money as a soft loan, it becomes business. So, the Government must give money to mitigate drought for the offtake that these animals are bought at the production level, slaughtered for the people instead of giving them maize so that the farmer can have that money in his pocket. But we must walk the talk and the Ministry of Development of Northern Kenya and other Arid Lands was formed. Yes, the formation of all Ministries has a political angle. I want to disagree with the hon. Member who said that the Ministry for Development of Northern Kenya and other Arid Lands was formed for political reasons. Yes, all Ministries including the Ministry of Agriculture were formed because of political reasons so that it can take care of the sugar cane, tea and coffee farmers. So, the Ministry of Development of Northern Kenya and other Arid Lands was formed to take care of the pastoralists. That is the position. It is for the people of Northern Kenya, come 2012, to see whether they were taken for a ride by either of the Coalition partners. It is for us to do an audit of the relevance of the Ministry of Northern Kenya and other Arid Lands. I want to assure to hon. Members that that time is going to come. It is high time for whichever political party that advocated for the formation of the Ministry of Northern Kenya and other Arid Lands to be on its toes that so far the people of northern Kenya as seeing a shell. You cannot give us a Ministry that has no funding. I want to tell the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance that either him or any of his Coalition partners, if they are not going to fund the Ministry of Northern Kenya and other Arid Lands and if they are not going to form the DMA or put policies that we are putting in place, then that political entity called northern Kenya and ASAL will not be of any relevance when we reach the end of the road."
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