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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Lati",
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    "content": "We went to a special school in New York called Saint Florence together at different times and he is truly a product of that great institution. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, this Bill establishes a statutory body, away from the Executive Order that President Kibaki gave and I want to support hon. Chachu in that endeavour. This Bill also takes us in the right direction which is to actualise Article 43 (c) of the Constitution of our country which is to provide adequate food for every Kenyan in this nation. I think it is something that we can all be proud of, if it will ever happen. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, it will also give us a leading role in drought management. You know Kenya is a big player in this region of the world and even in finance and everything else. We also want to take a leading role in drought management and more importantly this Authority will co-ordinate drought issues and avoid duplication by the different Non-Government Organisations (NGOs) and governmental organisations that try to manage drought. So, I think it is a wonderful start for our country. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, if you look at drought statistics available in this country, 23 of our counties are affected seriously by drought and I think that is something that we must take very seriously as a country. We are talking of 10 million people who have been adversely affected by drought. Pegging Kenya’s population at about 40 million, it basically means that a quarter of our population is affected by drought in a very serious way. Those are the kinds of things that we need to look at as a country."
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