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    "content": "funded by the Treasury and we came to understand that more than three to seven million families in our country either have one meal or none at all per day. We went to the most remote areas in the counties, for example, in Baringo and West Pokot counties. We made a report for each county. When we sat down under the trees to have discussions, the first thing the women and children asked us was whether we had carried a bottle of water to share with them. When we asked them whether they had had a meal that day, some would tell us that they would eat roots of a tree that they were going to boil. Some would tell us that they had raw mangoes that they were going to boil and have a meal while others would tell us that they would go hungry that day. As we bring in this Bill, we also need to ask ourselves; how do we ensure that when we talk about food security those from pastoral areas will also benefit from their cows and goats? You will find that they have a lot of livestock, but because they believe that those are income generating resources, they do not touch them. They would rather sleep hungry and yet they have hundreds of goats somewhere. Therefore, as we bring in this Bill, we, as the Senate, have an obligation to ensure that we create awareness, sensitise our people and try to change some of the lifestyles that pose challenges and hinder our people from achieving the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) No.1; to eradicate poverty and hunger. We are in the year 2015 when we should have achieved this. Therefore, this Senate comes in at a very fundamental time. The country, at this time, should have achieved the MDG No.1which is about food and hunger. Madam Temporary Speaker, Clause 4 of the Bill provides for the composition of the Board of the Authority which is involved in the management of the Authority. It also provides for the recruitment and appointment of the Director-General. Clause 5 has an establishment of a secretariat to be headed by the Director- General which is responsible for providing technical and administrative services to the Board. Madam Temporary Speaker, when we hear about such issues in a Bill, we become a bit worried. However, I plead and request the Senate that we need to understand this framework. We must come up with something to restructure what has been one of the “cow cash” programmes that we have seen running this country for many years. When people deal with relief food---"
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