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    "id": 1532584,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Turkana Central, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Joseph Emathe",
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    "content": "Domestic Product (GDP) even as we adopt this Budget. How much can we get as a contribution from the green bonds? The State Department for Environment and Climate Change must let us know how much we shall venture into the carbon credit markets. The State Department for Forestry should also explain how much we are getting from forestry in GDP. It is high time because this is a new venture. Having lifted the moratorium on logging in our forests, we must understand how much we are receiving and how much this will contribute to our GDP. Therefore, the Appropriations in Aid (AIA) must be directly explained so that we can understand how much revenue we are receiving under this. The blue economy and fisheries has been allocated Ksh6.6 billion. Fisheries on its own is receiving Ksh6 billion. Turkana has one of the largest desert lakes in the world, but what is being invested by our Government cannot be measured because Lake Turkana is the largest inland lake in Kenya and the largest desert lake in the world. We speak about connecting Turkana County to Marsabit County or Marsabit County to Turkana County. If we have a ferry on Lake Turkana, those travelling to Moyale and Marsabit only need to land at Lodwar, then travel to Marsabit by road. This will be easier than travelling all the way from Nairobi to Isiolo and then Laisamis to Marsabit. It will be shorter for them to take a ferry from Turkana or Marsabit and cross over to Turkana. There will be a multiplication effect on trade development in the two counties. It will also reduce banditry and over-reliance on pastoralism. Still, on the blue economy, we have a factory in Kalokol in Turkana Central that has never been revived since the 1980s. This factory was built in the 1980s by the Norwegian Government through their aid. I do not know how much of the Ksh0.6 billion allocated to the blue economy will be allocated to reviving this fish factory in Kalokol. We are discussing about connecting Lodwar to the main grid and eventually to this factory. We are also planning to have a special fish market in Kalokol. Will we prepare this county for fisheries development? How will we also tap into the blue economy? On education, Ksh13.7 billion has been allocated under primary education. Due to climate change, we have realised that Lake Turkana waters are rising by the day. As a result, those close to the lake are losing their settlements and places they call home. Unfortunately, schools, dispensaries, and other social amenities have also been impacted by the rising waters of Lake Turkana. I have lost numerous schools. I have lost Natole, Katula and Nangolipus primary schools. We constructed one of the schools and provided them with five classrooms, and learning started. I am, however, very passionate about Natole Primary School. It is a place that is in the middle of nowhere. The children have nowhere to learn from. I have explained on the Floor of this House before that we need to get support for this school. I will end by congratulating our partners who have given us unconditional grants to the tune of more than Ksh42 billion. I thank them very much. They are the Danish International Development Agency (Danida), the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA), the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), the German Development Bank, and all others who have supported us, especially on adaptation and issues on climate change mitigation. Thank you so much."
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