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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Ochillo-Ayacko",
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        "legal_name": "Ochilo George Mbogo Ayacko",
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    "content": "and I am excited to second her Bill. I am also happy that the National Assembly also thought about our families in ASALs. Many people who are parochial or narrow in thinking may think that this Bill is about ASALs but it is about production. A nation that wants to realise here potential must ensure that all areas are productive. If we continue pretending that Nairobi is the centre of production and that other traditional areas are where production should be carried, then we will miss opportunities as a nation. There is immense potential in areas that have been left behind. Until this potential is unlocked and unleashed for the benefit of the entire nation, we will continue wallowing in poverty and being in the same difficulties that we confront year in, year out. The amendments in this Bill are about production and ensuring that every region in this country is able to produce and feed the nation or take care of the residents of those regions. So, we are not talking about areas that have been neglected. We are just trying to ensure that we grow the cake. Everybody wants a piece of that cake but not many of us take our time to ensure that the cake is grown so that the sharing is good. I am happy that the Drought Management Authority has been proposed here. We must not think about drought when it strikes. We must continuously have it in our radar knowing that what God gives to us is nature. God will give you drought, floods and everything but it is upon you to read the Book of Genesis Chapter 1:28 and know that even if you were given authority to superintend over the universe, it is your responsibility to have knowledge and use your environment in a manner that is sustainable. If we establish this Authority, then we are taking that responsibility that God gave to us to ensure that there is an organization whose responsibility is to look at matters nature and drought. If we just wait for drought to come knowing that it is part of our environment, then when it comes, it becomes very tragic like an ambush and finds us unprepared. If we establish an Authority whose constant and continuous mandate is to look at the trends of this drought, get in touch with experts world over and ensure that what is being done in drought-prone countries is also being done locally for the benefit of our people, then we are taking steps in the right direction that must be supported."
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