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    "content": "supposed to try as much as possible to eliminate the effects of drought and not to minimize as it is ambitiously projected in this Bill. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, with regard to the number of people proposed to compose the Board in part (d), it says that they shall be four persons who shall be competitively appointed by the Cabinet Secretary with the approval of Parliament. This means that they have to advertise. I hope that is what they are going to do. It also talks about people having degrees. However, I do not know what type degree because everybody has a degree. This is a specialized Authority where we must put people who know what they are doing. These should be people who have studied things that are related to what we are trying to mitigate. We are also saying that they will serve for four years. What about the other parastatals? I hope this is the time we should be able to bring uniformity. This Bill is proposing four years. Therefore, we must have uniformity. The Bill also stipulates that the process has to be competitive and transparent. Is it really going to be transparent? We have forgotten to also include people living with disability, but only quoted the gender and the minorities. This NDMA needs properly trained persons in order to fight drought. If we had the technical personnel, we would have advised the Executive in this country that the one million acres should have been spread out among the counties. I, personally, want West Pokot and Turkana counties to have a share so that our people do not fight over very thin cows. Right now, a cow in West Pokot fetches Kshs2,000 while people are dying. Sen. G.G. Kariuki, we have gone to Laikipia County because we are looking for grass. We are not interfering with anybody. We are praying for rain to come this week, so that the grass in Laikipia County can be left in peace. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, lastly, in Clause 12(2)(b), a person shall be qualified for appointment as the secretary or to be in charge of this authority by looking at very many things. These include qualifications, experience and years of experience. What is the difference between the two? We must merge that so that we only talk about one thing because it does not make sense. Otherwise, I support this Bill. As soon as it is approved and assented to, we should form this NDMA. Since I am sure that we will pass this Bill, I hope that the vetting of the board members will also come to the Senate and not the National Assembly alone. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I support."
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