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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, all the Ministries are computerized. The PAC should be in a position to table financial reports immediately after the financial year ends. It is important that the PAC be on top of things. We cannot condemn the Government for delayed reports. It is the Committee that is to blame. Since all Government departments are computerized, we should table these reports on time so that citizens are made to know whether Government finances are utilized for the intended purposes. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we are discussing the Report for 2004/2005. We still have reports for 2005/2006, 2006/2007, 2007/2008 and 2008/2009. You can see the PAC had a backlog. It is therefore, important that they move with the speed it deserves. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I cannot stand here without mentioning two issues which are very important. We have famine and drought problems. Famine is biting this country. The Government needs to assist and alleviate these problems. In my constituency, Kajiado Central, 80 per cent of the people require relief food. Not even a single livestock is left. I would like to ask the Government to assist in solving this problem. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I had the opportunity to accompany the Vice-President and Minister for Home Affairs to the World Food Programme (WFP) headquarters. They seem to be assisting us to solve this problem. We however, need the Government to come forward so that the international community can come to our aid. We have a major problem and we need it to be addressed. The President declared it an emergency. People are suffering but we have not seen the key Ministries coming out and visiting the people. These Ministries include the Ministry of Agriculture, the Ministry of Livestock Development, the Ministry of Water and Irrigation and the Ministry of State for Special Programmes. They should move out of Nairobi and go out to see how people are suffering. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the other issue I want to mention is that for us to be able to contain the problem of deforestation, the Government should take a firm decision on the issue of Mau Forest. We have to---"
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