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    "id": 767225,
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    "speaker_name": "November 29, 2017 SENATE DEBATES 39 Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to add a voice to this important Motion. I stand here because I understand what exactly is happening in that area. I am the Vice chairperson of the National Council for Nomadic Education in Kenya, (NACONEK). During the many meetings that we meet with the council we have been looking at how children in ASAL areas can be helped. One of the things that were coming out is that these children are not easy to reach because they are always moving from one point to another. What makes them move? They are moving because they are looking for water for themselves and their livestock. One of the main challenges that NCONEK faces is that in as much as they want to help these children get education, they had to look for them in the migration areas. When it comes to schools they have to be built in the migration areas. There is also a challenge because if the children migrate in an area “A” and then there is drought there, it means that they will have to migrate to another. Therefore, we will have to keep on following them to provide them with education. This migration really affects their education. Madam Temporary Speaker, children from the Arid and Semi-Arid Land (ASAL) areas are actually marginalised because of the drought. If they are marginalised from an early age then it means they will not get quality education because of lack of good secondary schools. When placement is a problem in secondary schools, they will be also marginalised further in job placement. If they go with their academic papers to different offices they might not merit and eventually not get jobs. Why? Because of the marginalisation that comes at early age. This marginalisation is linked to drought. I strongly support this Motion because it has come at a time when we are pursuing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), especially SDG, No.1of elimination all forms of poverty. We can eliminate pockets of poverty in North Eastern if we can address all issues of marginalisation. When there is drought, our people and their livestock cannot get water. When they their cows dies and they become poor because cows are their only source of income. Our people cherish and equate them with properties that people from other parts of the country have. I strongly support this Motion that NDMA should be revived. We have funds, but I will call upon the Government to increase the funding and to monitor its usage properly. These funds are supposed to help in mitigating drought. They are also supposed to assist in putting strategies in place to ensure that there is parity in North Eastern region. In North Eastern, there is a lot of disparity, especially socially and economically. So when you are talking about Article 43 of the Constitution, our people are disadvantaged. They do not enjoy the rights as stipulated in this Article 43. My suggestion is that there is need for the funds to be used. There is also need to monitor and ensure that these funds are properly utilized. There is need to have indicators to show that these funds have been disbursed and rightly used to do one, two and three things. I strongly support the fact that more funds be disbursed to North Eastern. When more funds are availed, there is need to monitor to ensure that these funds have actually done what they were meant to do. 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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