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    "content": "intervene because at the moment we have hopeless people who feel they should die. As you know cows, goats and sheep mean a lot to the pastoralists. Some of us know what it means. Without the livestock, money in the bank and farms, they are hopeless. The next thing they can think about is to commit suicide. We cannot allow that to happen under our leadership. We are here to represent different parts of Kenya and many parts have been affected. It is, therefore, my request that we find ways of using the Kshs2 billion in the account as early as yesterday. At the county level, we have the county governments on the ground. During campaigns people were told that they would be given money, but today nobody remembers the poor men or women who have nothing to eat or feed their children. I urge the governors to speak on behalf of the affected people. If the counties do not have enough money, the national Government should know. At the moment many people do not even know what is happening. It is only those of us who come from those affected areas and maybe have lost some people, who know what that means. Therefore, I even urge the county governments to be alert and reach out to the people. We have people who are sick and need medical attention and others who need food. We need to reach out to Kenyans on the ground. In fact, many of them need counselling; they just need to be given hope. If people could volunteer and go on the ground to do that, it would really help. Passing this Motion is a different thing from putting it into action. Once the Act is implemented, we should ensure that we monitor every coin given towards every action to be carried out so that we ensure that the poor man on the ground benefits. We pass motions in this country, but the people who benefit are those who have never experienced drought. We need people with experience in those offices who can monitor. Since they have experienced that feeling and know what it means, they will serve their own people and reach out to them. The money should go to the people who are really suffering on the ground. As we talk of the human beings, we also need to talk of the livestock they have lost. These people have nothing else to do; they have no businesses and cannot farm. We should think of helping them to restock. Now that we have rains we can buy livestock and distribute to them, so that they can have hope for the future. If you visit Israel, which is a desert, you will be amazed. They even have what they call banana bending machines. They have improvised their own ways of feeding their people. Kenya can do even better; it is only that we are not committed as a people. We need to be committed, so that our people on the ground can also feel that they are part of this great nation. Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir."
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