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    "id": 701092,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Tobiko",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Peris Pesi Tobiko",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. This is a timely Motion because we are facing drought, particularly in the arid parts of this country. Among the places that the Mover mentioned is Kajiado. We are facing water scarcity. We are also fighting for scarce resources like pasture with the wildlife. My constituency is sandwiched among three national parks: Nairobi National Park, Tsavo National Park and Amboseli National Park. In many places, we have human-wildlife conflict because of this drought. The wildlife is coming out of the parks searching for water and pasture. It is true that the Government needs to come up with measures to mitigate the situation. We should not be having cycles of drought which we do not address. Every other time there is drought we talk and do not take measures to address the situation. There was a time we had a Ministry specifically addressing issues in ASAL areas. Through this Ministry, I thought necessary policies and regulations would be targeted towards the arid lands. Now that this Ministry is not there, the Equalisation Fund should be targeted towards these arid lands including Kajiado. Sometime back, Kajiado was listed as one of the richest counties, but I would like to take Members of this House on a tour of my constituency. We have needy Kenyans who have been hit by this drought. People and their livestock have been badly hit. Wild animals have now stopped our children from going to schools. In places like Kiboko, Ilkelunyeti up to Kunju, pupils no longer go to schools, and if they must, they have to be escorted by parents because elephants from the parks are now roaming in villages. The county governments should be taken to task because we have allocated them a lot of resources that must be used to address drought, particularly in terms of providing water. Not much is happening in our counties. Our people are suffering. We are not feeling the impact of devolution yet we allocated counties a lot of resources. It is either there is an issue in the management of counties or resources do not reach there. Those in towns are also suffering because of dust and they no longer get vegetables from rural areas. My town, Kitengela is all dusty. Our constituents have a way of running to us because they do not understand that resources are at the county level. This is a timely Motion. This House should take a resolution that will address the situation and permanently mitigate drought in this country. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker."
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