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    "content": "amongst themselves. For example, yesterday, in my county, people fought because of watering points and three were hurt. This Bill will ensure that there is enough water. Pastoralism is also a form of livelihood. Therefore, it will provide food security for pastoralist communities. If we had enough water in these regions, some of these conflicts would be minimized. The impact of these conflicts include loss of lives, livestock and vandalizing the very few watering points that exist. When people fight, they sometimes uproot boreholes and stuff like that because the water is simply not enough. People are also displaced. Right now, we are dealing with a crisis because people have fought and some have been displaced.The animals are still there but the people have been displaced and so they do not have livelihoods.Such a matter escalates water scarcity. If there was enough water, even in the place where I come from, which has huge parcels of land; there will be some form of agriculture. That will also increase the livelihoods of people and job creation for the youth who do not have jobs.Women are more affected when there are conflicts and so if there is enough water, it will relieve the burden for them. The other reason why I support this Bill is that it guarantees transparency and accountability. I think this is important because Kenyans pay taxes and if the taxes are not used and invested properly, then, we will have an investment without returns. We will spend a lot of money and not get returns. In fact, any agricultural project or anything else that will be implemented in this Bill needs to be assessed carefully so that we do not have white elephant projects whereby a project is initiated without adequate planning which will lead to wastage of resources. That is why the people who live in the areas where the implementation will take place need to be consulted widely. The other issue is in terms of the social security. My county is one of the recipients of Hunger Safety Net Programme II (HSNP). I tell you the families under this programme receive about Kshs5,400 every two months. Those people are much more empowered in that region because even when they do not get the money, they can get credit because people trust them since they know that they have an income. So, for me, such an empowering initiative is very good for this country and good in terms of development. The other thing that I also relate to food security is health. This is because where I come from, most ailments relate to lack of food. When somebody is hungry, they are much more vulnerable to diseases. This also means that they are less useful in terms of production. So, because of that reason, I fully support that Bill. I think it should have happened yesterday."
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