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    "content": "while millions of livestock have perished and the remaining are in extremely poor body condition as a result of the drought; FURTHER CONCERNED that the situation in drought ravaged parts of the country poses a serious threat to human dignity, peace, security and stability following loss of livelihoods leading to scramble for scarce resources by the affected communities; NOTING that Parliament enacted the National Drought Management Bill which was assented to on 1st April, 2016 and which seeks to comprehensively address the matter of persistent droughts in the country; NOW THEREFORE, the Senate calls upon the Ministry of Interior and Coordination of National Government and relevant state agencies responsible including the National Drought Management Authority to- 1. Expeditiously implement the National Drought Management Authority Act, 2016 and set up the necessary infrastructure to mitigate against persistent droughts; and 2. Come up with efficient drought response strategies aimed at saving lives of both people and livestock. Madam Temporary Speaker, the reason why I actually brought this particular Motion is because of the current situation which most of the parts of the country are facing, especially the ones in the northern part. As you are aware, the National Drought Management Authority (NDMA) is mandated to carry out this responsibility. The reason why it is mandated to carry out the responsibility and mechanism is to ensure that drought does not impact into famine and climate change as it should be sufficiently mitigated. You will find people running up and down whenever there is drought in the country to create a perception of an emergency or a disaster. This has happened over the years and if we do not mitigate drought, it could be a year in and year out problem. It is true that some areas have not received rains up to now. However, if you go to the NDMA office, you will find that they do not even have a strategy to make sure that people and animals survive until when rains come. Actually, many parts of the country have not received rains. Madam Temporary Speaker, the mandate of the NDMA is to firstly; reduce drought vulnerability, increase drought resilience and enhance adaptation of climate change. They are supposed to carry out most of these things on daily basis, but unfortunately, there are no proper strategies to make sure that this happens. It is important for us to make sure that the relevant institutions of this country take that responsibility and deliver on their mandates as required. Secondly, it is mandated to provide timely, quality drought and climate information to facilitate concerted action by relevant stakeholders. You will find very many institutions in the country coming up with drought mitigating activities because this is not harmonized and actually affects this country. So, it is really important for the country to make sure that only one institution is responsible for this. For example, donors and county governments do their own things and you will still find the national The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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