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"content": "Having said that, I support the Motion for three main reasons, namely; the funds that the Minister has committed for the ESP, drought mitigation and infrastructure development, and particularly on roads. A sum of Kshs5.5 billion has been included in the Supplementary Estimates for the ESP. This programme is well defined and has been well executed in this country. In one of my districts, I did not have a single secondary school for girls. Now, under ESP, I have a girls secondary school, which this year, admitted the first 30 students. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I did not have a single hospital in the whole constituency. Now, under the ESP programme, the health centre we are building will eventually become the district hospital in North Horr Constituency. This is a major boost for the people of North Horr. For that reason, I cannot fail to support these Supplementary Estimates. Secondly, for the last 50 years, the people of northern Kenya have never seen a single tarmac road. Construction of the first phase of the Isiolo-Marsabit-Moyale Highway has now been finished. This is a stretch of 134 kilometres, from Isiolo to Merille Bridge. The contractor is on site to start the construction of the stretch between Marsabit and Turbi, which is 95.5 kilometres and, hopefully, funds will be availed soon for the other two phases. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, unless funds are made available through such Supplementary Budgets, we cannot expect our Government to implement these major projects. For this, I cannot fail to support this Motion. Finally, the drought is a major crisis at the moment. Most people have lost their livelihoods. Some have even lost their lives. We have lost millions of sheep, goats, camels and cattle. For this reason, the Government needs to do something. The Government has already done something but it is not enough. A lot needs to be done in the water sector, provision of food aid, livestock off-take programmes, provision of hay as well as livestock specialists-related interventions. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is important to note that Kshs5.5 billion has been set aside in these Supplementary Estimates to ensure that those Kenyans who are so vulnerable to the drought are taken care of. This is a very good gesture on the side of the Government. For this, I cannot fail to support this Motion. I mentioned my reservations from the outset, about the funds for the CDF, amounting to about Kshs5 billion, which have accrued for the last few years. This is money which has been given to the constituencies by the law. We demand this money. I hope that Treasury will consider this and do what is necessary to ensure that we get what was given to us lawfully. With those few remarks, I beg to support the Motion."
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