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    "id": 930483,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Masinga, WDM-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Joshua Mwalyo",
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        "legal_name": "Joshua Mbithi Mwalyo",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker, for hearing my voice. I would like to support this very important National Drought Management Authority (Amendment) Bill. It is timely because we have been having a cycle of drought throughout the country. The same counties have been affected by drought all the time. This time round, Machakos County, where I come from, has been left out. I only pray that Machakos will be included as one of the counties that are affected by drought because there is a lot of famine at the moment. People are sleeping on empty stomachs. Children who are supposed to be in school do not go to school because of not having taken supper or lunch. So, I pray that even Machakos County will be included in the list of the drought-stricken counties. I support the move to establish the drought management fund so that when there is drought, money will be readily available in that kitty. Needy cases will be attended to urgently instead of Kenya having to fundraising from donors. We will have a pool from which money can be sourced to buy foodstuffs for people in drought-stricken areas. Therefore, I support this initiative because, as people from areas that always dry up, we need relief food supplies. Secondly, the Government needs to do more than just feed people because water is always available when there is rain but it is not collected; it goes all the way to the Indian Ocean. Something should be done in drought-prone areas, like the way the Government established Bura Irrigation Scheme, so that land can be put under irrigation for us to be food-sufficient rather than depend on the Government in times of drought. So, I urge that the fund should be enhanced so The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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