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    "id": 535362,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) T.G. Ali",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Tiyah Galgalo Ali",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity. Let me commend, appreciate and support the President‟s Speech to Kenyans. I want to speak to the issue of security. I thank the President for taking the bold move of appointing hon. Nkaissery to head the Ministry of Interior and Coordination of National Government. It is already bearing a lot of fruits. We have curbed external security threats in terms of terror attacks and the issue of Al Shabaab . One thing I expected the President to talk about is the internal conflict we have in Kenya. If it is not resolved, we are going to threaten our national cohesion in this country. This is a very serious issue. When you look at the pastoralist community of this county, especially in Isiolo County which I represent, quite a number of times, we have had conflict because of pasture and water, especially during biting dry periods. For example, we have not seen any mechanisms put in place to ensure that the dominant livelihoods of the pastoralists in Isiolo are protected. We know that during this particular time, there is looming conflict in the county. We expect the national Government to urgently secure the border centres. Examples in my area are Amicha, Kom, Halango, Pepsu and Eskot, which the community value very much, especially due to their drought reserve and pasture. Communities move there to secure their livelihoods during dry season. During this time of biting drought, the community is meeting all the expenses related to management, governance and management of water points like boreholes without any support from the Government. We know that these shared resources require maintenance because they have to pump water for human beings and livestock. However, we have not seen any contingency plan from the Government to ensure that pastoralist communities who have this as their dominant livelihood are protected during this time of drought. During this time the Government should have put up a contingency plan to ensure that they get relief food and if they used to get relief food then the relief food be scaled up, security apparatus be activated and supported, surveillance and emergency money be allocated. This has not been done and my county is under serious threat from communities living around it. These are communities from Marsabit, Wajir and Samburu and we have had previous conflicts on these kinds of resources. I would also want to commend the Presidential Address on his talk about education and especially on the education of pastoralists. I thank him for scrapping examination fees, curbing escalating school fees and increasing budgetary allocation to 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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