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    "id": 193917,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. ole Metito",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Regional Development Authorities",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Judah Katoo Ole-Metito",
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    "content": " Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, in the spirit of collective responsibility, I beg to reply. (a) The criteria used to provide relief food is basically determined at the local level. Relief food is distributed to the people only if they need and deserve it. People may require relief food assistance if and when their normal livelihood is disrupted by a natural, or man-made disaster, thus making them unable to fend for themselves. For example, a natural event such as drought or floods can destroy the ability of people to feed themselves, hence the intervention by the Government through the provision of relief supplies. Man-made disasters like violence, or conflict, can also render people destitute, and unable to cater for their own food needs, hence the necessity for relief supplies. (b) I want to table the statistical summary showing the distribution of relief food from 2005 to date for the larger Turkana District. (c) Some of the measures that the Government is putting in place to improve food security in the country include:- (i) Maintenance of strategic grain reserves with the National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) to serve as buffer stock. (ii) Stockpiling and distribution of relief food during instances of famine and other May 14, 2008 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 997 disasters. (iii) Mitigation and resettlement of internally displaced persons through provisions of farm inputs and livelihood support. I have the table showing the statistical summary for the distribution of relief food for the larger Turkana District since July, 2005."
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