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    "id": 142450,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. I.E. Mohamed",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Development of Northern Kenya and other Arid Lands",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 82,
        "legal_name": "Mohamed Ibrahim Elmi",
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    "content": " Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, first and foremost, I would like to thank Mr. Chachu for bringing this Motion before this House. I want to support the Motion and inform the House what we are doing as a Ministry. I would like to shed light on some things that have been mentioned about my Ministry. I think it is true that like all other Ministries, this Ministry has been created politically. I think people should stop saying this Ministry has been created for politics. There is no single Ministry that has not been created for political reasons. We are a democracy and democracy demands that what people think is important should be done. I think that puts the record straight. We have youth problems and the Ministry of Youth and Sports was created. Governments all over the world use different mechanisms to respond to needs of the people. We have had projects to address the issues of northern Kenya. The Government felt that, that was not enough and decided to create a Ministry. So, we need to move forward. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is also true that the budget allocation we have received in the last two financial years is a drop in the ocean, considering the problems we want to solve. I also want people to know that the problems of northern Kenya and arid lands will not be solved by budget allocations only. I am thankful to all the Members who have highlighted the fact that we have little allocation from the Budget. We, however, have other ways we intend to work. We intend to put up the right institutions, repeal some laws and change people’s attitudes. The reason resources are not allocated to those areas is the mindset that has been created since the colonial time. We intend to change that. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, let me come to the point we are discussing today, which is the setting up of Drought Management Authority (DMA). I am grateful to Mr. Chachu for bringing this Motion. The Ministry is already working on it. We have set up a team and we have draft legislation in place. We have a Cabinet Memo ready to be taken to the Cabinet. We will bring it before the House very soon. You can be assured that this time round, the Government will implement this Motion. I would like to inform the House that the establishment of this Authority would first and foremost, provide the legal basis for the activities of drought management. Since 1992, the Government of Kenya together with its development partners, have been setting up early warning systems and coordination structures up to the national level. Because of the lack of legal framework there are many gaps you will see today. So, this is one of the things which will help. The Fund will have a number of things that it will do. It will provide not only the rationale process of being the legal framework but also an authority like that one will provide the"
}