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    "content": "important to have the immunity because it helps the board members and employees of the Authority to act without fear or favour, so long as they do so in good faith. Clause 28 deals with proceedings against the Authority which will be deemed as proceedings against the Government of Kenya. Therefore, Cap 40, which is the Government Proceedings Act, will apply to any proceedings against this Authority. Any notice of legal proceedings against the Authority will be served on the secretary or the CEO. Finally, this Bill establishes three types of offences that may be committed pursuant to this Bill. The first one is; if a person willfully and without lawful excuse, ignores or fails to obey instructions by a member of the board, employee or agent, who is exercising their function under this Bill. Secondly, any person who willfully obstructs any member of the board, employee or agent from performing or exercising their functions and finally, any misrepresentation or submission that is false or misleading – any person who gives the Board false or misleading information knowingly – the penalty for such kind of offences is a maximum of five years in prison or a fine of Kshs100,000 or both. This Bill is just a typical draft of how the Board will be conducting its meetings in terms of quorum and how meetings are called, voting, who calls meetings and how the decisions will be made in the board. In a nutshell, this Bill is about converting the National Drought Management Authority which is established under a legal notice into a statutory board and giving it powers and legal capacity to deal with drought mitigation, prevention and drought response mechanisms. I will not over-emphasize the need for this Board or the need to reverse the serious effects that have already taken place in our country in terms of drought and climate change. We are watching high potential areas that used to feed the rest of the country now begging for relief food. The other day, I saw people in Murang’a and Kirinyaga looking for relief food. The other day I saw farmers in Uasin Gishu and Nandi saying that the rains were inadequate last year. They were saying that from the way things are going, agriculture is not reliable any longer. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the Jubilee Government intends to irrigate one million acres of land within five years but without adequate supplies of inland water, that dream cannot be realised because you require rivers and other water bodies to provide water for irrigation. The other sources are quite expensive. For those reasons and many more, I think this is an important Bill and I beg to move. I request Sen. Ongoro to second."
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