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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Lesrima",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister, Ministry of State for Provincial Administration and Internal Security",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 178,
        "legal_name": "Simon Saimanga Lesirma",
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    "content": " Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I wish to support the Motion on the Adjournment. It fits in very well with the programmes that some of us had because we feel that there was a bit of interruption. You know we normally come back in March or February. I hope that when we come back we will focus on preparing legislation that will support the process of elections. This is because time is running out and there is a number of legislation that requires to be passed to put in place, particularly, devolved governments. I hope that hon. Members will spend this recess to continue asking the country to reconcile. It will be encouraging to see a number of meetings taking place and people talking about reconciliation. Let me also say that this break will give us an opportunity to continue pushing the Government to take action on drought. The time to act is now and the time to lament is over. The plight of our people is very serious and particularly the people living in pastoralist areas. They are very much affected by this drought. In the area of education, in my constituency, which has less stress, I am accommodating very many children. A number of children have run away from Samburu East Constituency and we have serious congestion in our schools. A school in Maralal that normally accommodates 1,200 children now accommodates 3,000 children. We need to consider providing facilities for the pastoralist children. This is a very urgent matter that should be considered within the context of a national disaster. A number of children will miss opportunities in secondary schools because they are unable to pay school fees. I urge the team that will deal with drought to consider providing some resources to enable the waiving of school fees in secondary schools. That team should also supply food to the secondary schools. Mr. Speaker, Sir, with regard to the movement of pastoralists to areas that have plenty of grass, there is need to provide mobile clinics to deal with the health and sanitation issues. I am saying this because it is very important to take care of the health of people since they come from all directions. Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is also critical to provide resources. The Treasury should release resources immediately to deal with repairs of boreholes where there is plenty of grass. I have in mind a place like Laikipia where people are moving in from Samburu, Baringo and Isiolo. The supply of water tanks is extremely necessary. I know we will always talk about lack of resources. However, the other day, we were encouraged to know that the Ministry of Water and Irrigation has prepared a budget of Kshs1.4 billion in that respect. Surely, that is a very small percentage of our national budget. What is required right now is action because all the information is available. We hope to take advantage of this recess to push the bureaucracy into action. Finally, I would like to thank the people of Kirinyaga, Nyandarua and Laikipia for hosting pastoralists in their districts at this moment of hardship. I would also like to thank President Museveni of Uganda for allowing Kenyan pastoralists to move there to graze their animals. With those remarks, I beg to support."
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