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    "content": "insecurity and the related proverbs and adjectives. We have examples elsewhere where countries have coped with the drought scourge. We have countries, though advanced, like America, which have the technology. We can also develop the technology here because we are not that poor; the technology of cloud seeding where you seed clouds for a region to receive rainfall. That can be done in the northern part of Kenya and areas which experience drought over the years. With the assistance of technicians both from America and Israel, cloud seeding is possible. It is about creating the cloud system in the atmosphere and creating artificial evapo-transpiration in areas which are watery. This creates clouds which cause rainfall. This has happened and it is a possibility of increasing artificial rainfall which in the end can be used in some drought stricken areas. This is what is called climatic management efforts. Kenya should be thinking in that direction. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the other thing which should consider is that there has to be the climatic change. Climatic changes have been there in the past. In Egypt, there are pyramids. Where on earth did the Egyptians get poles from if they were not from the same area which had very thick equatorial forest? Since that time, the equatorial forest has ceased. We have living examples of what happened in the past. We have seen the consequences of destruction of vegetal cover on the earth’s surface. We know what can happen if the vegetation is destroyed. You may destroy vegetation and very many people may suffer because of food shortage. Even animals will disappear. Important flora and fauna will also be destroyed by humankind. This is what we are addressing; the consequences of drought. Drought, therefore, is as bad as flood. If we control drought, that will ensure that people who live in affected areas live longer. They will have food and industrial development because raw materials of certain agro-based industries will be developed in the same areas which will be salvaged. These are areas affected by floods and droughts. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, in America in 1945, there lived somebody called Franklin Roosevelt. He found it fit to reclaim the Appalachian Mountains from River Tennessee, Paducah and all the way to Cairo Town in America. He was able to harness water from that river which was persistently causing havoc in the lowlands of Alabama. Most of the people would die as a result of floods. Just one person was enough to transform that region into what is now called the Tennessee Country through the Tennessee Valley Authority which was created. This is what this Bill is seeking to do. The Bills seeks to create an Authority which will make sure that the affected areas are well taken care of, just as it happened in the America Tennessee Valley Authority through the then President called Franklin Roosevelt. Today, we are talking of towns down River Tennessee which can easily be accessible through a river which otherwise would not have been there if it were not for the efforts of that Authority. From that example, it, therefore, can happen. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, in the same country, we have rivers such as Sacramento and San Joaquin. These are rivers in California. One river flows in a very wet area, that is, on the Rocky Mountains. Another one flows in a very populated area but with low rainfall. However, waters from the River Sacramento have been diverted from The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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