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"content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I also rise in support of this Motion. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we know the challenges that the economy has faced in the last nine months, including the issue of drought mitigation. Although I am supporting this Motion, I would also like the Minister to note that when he talked about the issue of drought mitigation, we are not hearing it for the first time. For the last so many years, even when I was in school, there were still those issues of drought mitigation. Is the Government not in a position to come up with proper measures on how to reduce issues of drought, so that, year in, year out, we do not have figures in the Supplementary Budget to finance those efforts? So, it is an issue of planning for the country. Somebody somewhere in the planning area is failing. Also, the provisions of the Budget process should include issues of drought mitigation and even other issues of risk reduction management. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, when the Minister was moving the Motion, he said that part of this Budget is a result of the financing of the external loans that became too expensive because of the weakening of the shilling. The weakening of the shilling was also one of the issues that were not properly arrested by the Government. So, it shows that although the Supplementary Budget is here, there were also actions by the Government that actually did not take place at the right time and, hence, now the unnecessary expenditure that we are incurring. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I also know, from the Supplementary Budget moved by the Minister, that the Ministry of Water and Irrigation is not being funded. If we are to have a healthy nation, water is very important, indeed. Where I come from, for example, our biggest problem is water. When we see that, that Ministry is not being funded, then something somewhere is really not right. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I note from the Supplementary Budget that the figure of Kshs40 billion as a per cent of the trillion Budget, is actually reasonable."
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