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    "id": 255663,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Balala",
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        "legal_name": "Najib Mohamed Balala",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy, Speaker, Sir, I am well informed about the Local Government Act. I have been a former mayor. The drought we are experiencing in this country is not happening for the first time. It happens every year. The amount that was mentioned by his Excellency of Kshs2.5 billion that we have and that of Kshs6.3 billion that we are expecting to come in until June is purely an expectation of hand-outs. With all due respect to the Ministry concerned with special projects, is that another scandal or conduit where money is released to the NARC activists to distribute food in areas where there is food, while areas like North Eastern and Ukambani have no food and nothing reaches the areas? Even if 162 boreholes were really dug in those areas, that does not mean that there is water in those areas. Digging of boreholes does not mean that water has to be found. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, recently, we watched on television a clip on camels, other livestock and children who have died in North Eastern Province. What are we doing about that? The culture of hand-outs has to stop. We must have a policy on food security, irrigation and building of dams. We need to have a proper framework to create an environment where we can work. We need to walk the talk when we write speeches. Speeches can be written by any expert. However, when we write and read speeches, let them be implementable. Let us not have a wish list where we are just talking about goodies in the form of Bills, yet they cannot be turned into a reality on the ground."
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