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    "id": 930441,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/930441/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Garissa Township, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Aden Duale",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 15,
        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
        "slug": "aden-duale"
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    "content": " Hon. Deputy Speaker, I beg to move that the National Drought Management Authority (Amendment) Bill, 2019 be read a Second Time. The Bill is primarily to amend the National Drought Management Authority (NDMA) Act which was passed by this House in 2016 by making some changes to certain sections, which will provide for the establishment of what we are going to call the National Drought Emergency Fund (NDEF) under the PFM Act, 2012. Every fund must be aligned to the PFM Act of 2012. So, basically, we are establishing the NDEF. The NDMA deals with crises such as drought and floods. It is the equivalent of Kenya Red Cross in Government. Every time there is a crisis, we cannot just ask the CS for the National Treasury to allocate resources. We want to have a fund where donors and the Government will put resources together for use in case of an emergency. As a background to this proposal, a special Cabinet meeting was held on 29th May 2019 under the chairmanship of His Excellency the President and he directed the Ministry of Devolution and ASALs, the National Treasury and Planning and the Office of the AG, the State Law Office, to take appropriate and deliberate actions towards the operationalisation of the PFM (National Drought Emergency Fund) Regulations, 2019."
}