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    "id": 594259,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Mulu",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 1955,
        "legal_name": "Benson Makali Mulu",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me the chance to contribute to these amendments by the Senate. I agree with the amendment to Clause 8 because what is being proposed is that we need a person to sit in the Board to represent the CoG. This is quite important bearing in mind that issues to do with drought are actually functions which are shared between the national Government and the county governments. So, we have no problem with Clause 8. I support the amendment. However, I have a problem with Clause 4. I have listened to the Members who have just spoken before me and it looks like they have not read the amendment. This amendment says: “The Authority shall establish offices in each county” We are not talking about the functions or the mandate of the Authority. We are talking about the establishment of an office in each county. These are two different things. For this Authority to undertake its mandate, it does not have to be located in each county. The mandate is national but in terms of offices, we do not need them in each county. We are all aware of what is happening in the parastatal reforms. To me, when you have offices in each county, you will have administrative structures in each county and this will be very expensive. The Member for Chuka was saying that there are pockets of areas where we could have drought. However, to address that, I do not need a drought office in Chuka. It can be done from Nairobi. What the Senate should have done was to propose to have regional offices because the national office can take care of all the issues of drought management. So, I oppose Clause 4. We need to further amend this clause and possibly say: “The Authority may establish---” so that we give that provision for them to have few offices other than having an office in every county. I am wondering what the Nairobi Drought Management Office will be doing, for example, that cannot be done by the national office in Nairobi. So, I oppose Clause 4 and urge Hon. Members to also do so but support Clause 8. Thank you."
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