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"content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to move the following Motion:- THAT, in view of the fact that Kenya has continued to persistently experience famine and drought; considering that hunger has been experienced every year without any permanent solution by the Government; cognisant of the fact that famine has been declared a national disaster, and that there is no law or special body to take care of famine issues in Kenya; this House do grant leave for the introduction of a Bill entitled \"The National Famine and Drought Management Bill July 26, 2006 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 2365 2006\" to establish a legalframework to address famine related issues. I want to observe that as we start discussing this Motion, that the Members of the Front Bench of the NARC Government are missing in this House. Maybe, the defeat in the previous Motion was too much for them. Nevertheless, I will proceed. I bring this Motion because, as we may all be aware, there is already an alert for famine this year, yet we have not even recovered from the previous famine. We are aware that the previous famine, which is hardly four months away, affected four million Kenyans. Presently, we still have-- -"
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