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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) F.I. Ali",
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        "legal_name": "Fatuma Ibrahim Ali",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity. First, I appreciate Hon. Nooru for bringing this timely Motion. I have just come from Wajir today at around midday. I was in the field yesterday until 8.00 p.m. trying to see the situation. The situation is really bad. When a national disaster happens or when a national concern is raised, the defined functions of counties and the national Government cease to operate. I want to confirm here that the Wajir County Government is trying to support this process of cushioning livestock farmers and families which are affected. The situation is really bad. A committee of Parliament should tour these affected counties. They are more than 20. They are not just in North Eastern, Coast, Upper Eastern or North Rift regions. Many parts of the Eastern and Lower Eastern areas are affected. Others are North Eastern, Upper Eastern, Coast and the North Rift. In such circumstances, it is a national disaster and it requires the intervention of the national Government. It is not about demarcating the functions of the national Government and county governments. It is overwhelming for the county governments. It requires the urgent intervention of the national Government. Some of the situations are extremely devastating in terms of the biting drought. Our national Government must bring a quick intervention in terms of food and other contingencies. Yesterday, I was with the County Commissioner for Wajir and I requested to have some emergency food rations and water to support families that we met on the road. I want to say it here strongly that he said that he has not received support from the national Government for the countrywide intervention in this biting drought. I do not want to misquote him but what he said is he has received very negligible food rations which are not even enough for one division. The county government is also intervening. The County Government of Wajir has been having crisis meetings trying to purchase food and to do water trucking. We have seen many centres with water but this is not enough for the livestock and the human beings who are extremely in a bad state. The scenario we are talking about in Wajir and many parts of the country is the nomadic communities who are moving around to look for water. One of the other challenges we have right now is conflict-related resources where people are fighting over resources like boreholes to water their animals and for their domestic use. Many schools in rural areas have been closed because of this lack of water. This is a function of the national Government. The Ministry can do The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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