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    "content": "or the Ministry of State for Special Programmes in the Office of the President, it is really clear that these were disjointed efforts. Unless we establish some institutional arrangements like the authority which the Senator for Kajiado raised, I do not think we would be heading anywhere in this country in terms of mitigating floods. Currently, we have what they call The Drought Management Authority, which was established early last year. It is now acting as a feeder. Information is filtered through from various Government agencies to the headquarters, so that they develop a comprehensive framework which will be able to actually plan how to mitigate these issues. I think it is mainly because most of our policy makers and planners in this country on development have not understood how best we should proceed. As long as you are doing fire fighting, there can be no meaningful development in this country. Many development practitioners realized that unless you plan to avert crisis; unless you plan to really fight emergencies, there can be no meaningful development. We have fully relied on non-state actors. We have relied on the Kenya Red Cross, Oxfam, Action Aid Kenya and faith based organisations. The Government has abdicated its responsibilities towards its citizenry. In conclusion, passing a simple Motion in this Senate may not be sufficient. We need to make sure that, this Motion translates into policy action and into legislative agendas. This Motion compels the Government to undertake and develop authorities like the Drought Management Authority. It has not been easy to get a Drought Management Authority in place. People will have to try hard, lobby and with good political goodwill, we will have one. I do not think that continuing to see the face of the lady from Nyando will be a good thing. This has become a common feature. Our own children know about it. It is unfortunate that 50 years after Independence, our people are being shown on television living the same way today, the same way it happens to Turkana children during drought. Their pictures are relayed on television. We do not enjoy that, both as leaders and as Kenyan citizens. We call upon the current Government which is just beginning to start on a very strong footing. The disjointed efforts in the Ministry of State for Special Programmes have made it not perform very well. They have been supplying food to the North Rift for the past 50 years. This is not a good thing to do. We pray that they will establish an institution that will coordinate all activities, whatever name they give it. This should be domiciled in one particular Ministry."
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