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    "speaker_name": "Mrs. Odhiambo-Mabona",
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        "legal_name": "Millie Grace Akoth Odhiambo Mabona",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, for example, Kenya that has always been the best in Olympics is now dragging behind because we do not want to put energies in what we are best at. One of the best things that God gave this country is land. If you travel all over this country, there is vast expanse of land, whether it is fertile or not, it is there. If you look at places like Israel, we can change this country with effective management. I would like to encourage this Authority that when it is set up, it must learn to specialize. I know that sometimes Kenyans are not very happy when we do a lot of international trips, but I would be very happy if we do these international trips and come back with very effective lessons. The only problem is that as a country, we are all talk and no work. Let us talk, but translate our rhetoric into action. Just last week, we were in Ghana with the Chair and I get very embarrassed when we go there even though I know many of us will say that Ghana got Independence ahead of us, but there are other countries which got Independence after us like Zimbabwe. I get very embarrassed because Kenya has brains. Why can we not translate our brains to effect change in this country? I want to encourage this Authority that when it is set up, it should spend six months and then travel to other countries that have done well. I can see we have put money in this Bill for them to travel. They do not have to go very far. They should just go to countries like Ghana and Zimbabwe despite her economic challenges. They should go to countries like Namibia where we have Kenyan brains. They should go to countries where Kenyans are making a difference and let us learn from them that Kenya does not have to be food insecure if we manage our affairs well. I want to make one or two comments in relation to this Bill. If you look at Clause 5(c) which I would like to encourage the Member to look at, it says:- “The Authority shall promote the integration of drought response efforts into development policies, plans, programmes and projects in order to ensure the proper management of drought”. I think sometimes we cut and paste terminologies and we do not give them much thought, but if as a country we ever thought very deeply about the things that we write as law, if indeed, we actually took this wording very seriously, then we can make a difference. This is the sort of terminology that is always used for gender mainstreaming and integrating drought in sports and in everything, but this Authority will sit and manage drought from the perspective of that authority and not integrate it in all other Government programmes. I want to encourage the Authority that as it starts its work, they should tell us how they are integrating this in sports, in"
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