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    "id": 445085,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Lati",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Jonathan Lelelit Lati",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, more importantly, with US$2 billion of our GDP losses that we incur as a result of drought, the double digit GDP growth that the Jubilee Government envisages to realise may not be attainable. This is, therefore, a serious thing we have to look at as a country. I happen to come from Samburu County. Before the creation of the counties, the only development in that region was realised through the Constituencies Development Fund (CDF) or the Arid Lands Drought Management (ALDM) Project. If you find a borehole anywhere in Samburu County today, it would only have been sunk by either the CDF or the ALDM project. I want to appreciate the work that has been done by the ALDM and hope that the National Drought Management Agency (NDMA) will follow suit. I have seen in the Bill that the proposed headquarters of the NDMA is Nairobi. Why not in Marsabit or somewhere else? The reason as to why the UNEP has its headquarters in Nairobi is because the UN wanted to spread its headquarters across the globe, so that other regions could also feel its presence. We cannot have the headquarters of all public agencies in Nairobi. That is the only thing in respect of which I will approach hon. Chachu with a view to finding a way of having the NDMA headquartered somewhere in drought prone areas of our country. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, before I sit down, I would like to talk about the current drought situation in our country. We have a serious drought today in this country. I hope that the Cabinet Secretary for Devolution and Planning is listening. The County Government of Samburu has bought over 5,000 bags of grains to provide relief for the residents. The national Government is providing almost nothing. We want to tell the Cabinet Secretary for Devolution and Planning and the rest, having given them sufficient funds through the Budget and Appropriations Committee; that they should start buying--- The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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