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    "id": 84911,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. M.M. Ali",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister, Ministry of State for Special Programmes",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 74,
        "legal_name": "Ali Mohamud Mohamed",
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    "content": " Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I and the hon. Member have been speaking the same language. We really discussed this matter and concluded it. You can see that the hon. Member is very happy laughing over there because he knows this. I think he is just asking me to repeat this for the record. We concluded this matter last Thursday. In Turkana Central, we will get a lead agency the way we did before in the name of the Kenya Red Cross Society. I think he is happy about that. You can hear him cheering that point. As far as Samburu is concerned where we have two lead agencies, we are consolidating our efforts. We want to make sure that this is not repeated again. We have called for a meeting with the WFP again on that matter so that we review our policy and there is no duplication of roles again. Hon. Sophia mentioned that many districts flouted the regulations. We have addressed the matter with regard to the five affected districts. All the lead agencies have been sorted out. In case there is any issue of concern, the hon. Member is free to come and tell us, so that we can address it. A certain hon. Member has asked me to attach the list of the ASAL districts in this country to this Statement. I will be happy to provide that hon. Member with that list if he comes to my office. He will get the list so that he does not confuse the ASAL districts with non-ASAL districts in the country. I agree with the hon. Member who said that dependency syndrome must be discouraged. Our Government is committed towards that. We have a big headache trying to feed most of the population in Turkana because of the harsh conditions there. However, we have River Turkwell which passes in that area. We have tapped water from the river with the help of other departments of the Government to ensure food sufficiency in those arid areas. In consultation with the Ministry of Agriculture and other Ministries, the Government is stepping up irrigation where there are water sources. This was started last year. We have scheduled meetings in order to interrogate various departments which handle that area so that Kenyans are proud and stop the dependency syndrome."
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