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    "speaker_name": "Mr. M.M. Ali",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister, Ministry of State for Special Programmes",
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        "legal_name": "Ali Mohamud Mohamed",
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    "content": "I would like to disagree with that. The Ministry, indeed, went with speed and concluded this programme on time. Unfortunately, as expected, where there is interdependency, there are some places where out of the consultation process between the WFP and the Ministry, the process was seen not to have been followed as required. This affected only five districts. I want to report authoritatively here that those complaints have now been addressed. Indeed, we had a roundtable conference with Members of Parliament who come from those areas and this matter has now been concluded. Those districts are now on board with the rest of the country. The hon. Member has said that the relationship between the World Food Programme (WFP) and the Government is not very good. I would like to state that the relationship has been okay. We have differed in one instance on how to handle this matter in his area. I want to acknowledge that our Ministry, through recommendations from the District Steering Groups (DSGs) recommended one organization. I know why the Member of Parliament is a bit bitter and I agree with him. Unfortunately, the WFP did not abide by our recommendations. Since then, we have sat down and sorted out the matter and that the relationship between the Government and the WFP has normalized. The relationship has been good save for that isolated incident where we differed on a lead agency. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the hon. Member further asked whether we took interest in reference to northern Kenya where many households are poor. I come from northern Kenya and I agree with the hon. Members who have said that majority of the households – I do not agree with hon. Letimalo that it is 100 per cent – in northern Kenya depend on relief food, especially during the dry season. That is when the animals lack water and pasture. Therefore, the percentage of people we target is higher in that area. We do assessment every quarterly in conjunction with the implementing partners. We give relief food to the affected population, according to the quarterly reports of the assessment. In coming up with the list of projects, the lead agencies, the local communities and the DSGs are involved. Therefore, Members of Parliament who are also members of the DSGs are supposed to be part and parcel of this process. The projects are of such a nature that human beings can handle when they are not desperately in need of food. They do that when they have some reasonable energy to undertake the projects. This will benefit the communities at the end. In terms of food for assets and warehouse management, I will agree with you that we do not need two pipelines. We only need one pipeline or lead agency. Therefore, it is supposed to be in charge of both the operations. In one or two cases where there has been a difference of opinion, we have had the two. However, we are reconstituting our policy. We want to sit together and come up with a programme whereby we will not have two organizations at any particular time in any of the districts. I agree with the hon. Member on that aspect."
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