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    "content": "wait for many days before getting food. Therefore, it is not a surprise when you are told that people are dying of hunger. These are the cases we have witnessed in Samburu County. We cannot deny it. It has also happened in Turkana. We are appealing to the Government that as it allocates food, it is also important to ensure that transport is available, so that this food reaches the people in time. Thirdly, drought also affects education, particularly in the ASAL areas. Pastoralists have to sell their animals to raise money to pay school fees. In the absence of the livestock, they will not get money and children will drop out of school. I appreciate what the Government has done because in one of our sessions, the Prime Minister made a Statement here that the Government had consulted and decided to waive school fees in drought stricken areas. I go to my constituency and as I speak, school principals are still chasing students out of school. I understand the situation they are in because they also keep the students in school, particularly in boarding schools, from the fees they generate from the students. I am appealing to the Government that now that there is this provision in the Budget Estimates, it should give priority to this issue, so that schools in the drought stricken areas get funds, so that they can retain the students in school and ensure that their programmes run without being affected. Thirdly, drought affects livestock. The movement of pastoralists in search of water and pasture has its own problems. The communities converge in places where water is available and because of the scarcity of this resource, certainly, people fight over it. It is good because my brother hon. Bahari is here. Yesterday, we had a meeting of five communities, namely, Isiolo South, Isiolo North, Samburu East, Laisamis and Laikipia because people are fighting over resources."
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