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    "speaker_name": "Mrs. Shebesh",
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        "legal_name": "Rachel Wambui Shebesh",
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    "content": "right hand, is to know very well that it will not be how much food can be brought by those who assist us or how much we can grow but how it will be managed so that it reaches those who are hungry. This is key to setting up this Authority. The other reason it must be set up is because people who plan ahead must be there. We cannot always be thinking that there will be disaster and our work is to do disaster management response all the time. We must be prepared for disaster by having such an Authority. I would like Mr. Chachu to look clearly whether he has given that provision or not to clearly see whether it can be given the role of those who can foresee disaster because we definitely have the necessary data and signal. The weatherman these days never makes many mistakes; he will tell us so we have information on the ground. Surely, we can foresee that there would be a disaster very soon in the form of drought in one or two areas and, therefore, they are the ones who can raise the flag with the necessary Authority. So I would like this Authority to do two things: To co-ordinate and help in the response but also to prepare so that it does not become what one old woman once told me when I asked why she thought the drought had taken too long. Her answer was so simple, she said she thought God was punishing them for a reason they did not understand. Those on the ground do not understand why the droughts are longer than they have ever been. They do not understand that climate change and its effects are being felt and, therefore, people need to be told that this drought will be longer and that there must be an Authority to support them. I, therefore, support this Bill wholehearted and again congratulate Mr. Chachu for the good work he has put in bringing this Authority to fore following up the Executive order, of course, that had been given by the President, who again, we must thank for having given that Executive order. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, with those few remarks, I beg to support."
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