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"speaker_name": "Mr. Gabbow",
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"content": "(c) Mr. Speaker, Sir, Nyakach is not one of the constituencies that are perpetually affected by prolonged droughts. However, when need arises, the Ministry provides relief food. In August this year, the Ministry provided the constituency with 300 bags of maize, 100 bags of beans, 50 cartons of cooking oil and cash amounting to Kshs75,000 to transport the allocated food. Further, the Government, in anticipation of short rains that sometimes adversely affect Nyanza and Western regions, the Government has prepositioned food and non-food items that can quickly be mobilized in the event of floods. In Nyakach Constituency, the Ministry has prepositioned 1,000 bags of maize, 300 bags of beans, 50 cartons of 6 by 3 litre cooking oil, 100 blankets, 100 jericans, 200 mosquito nets, 50 boxes of sanitary towels and 50 boxes of soap."
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"content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, Nyakach has been receiving relief food since time immemorial because of the drought. I wonder why the Assistant Minister has denied on the Floor of the House that this time round, they will only do it when the need arises. I can table documents from his office to indicate how we have been receiving relief food on a monthly basis for the last three years. Could he confirm that there is something that has gone wrong in his Ministry and that is why they cannot give us food?"
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"content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, if the hon. Member tables document to show that Nyakach is one of the arid districts that receive relief food, then we will definitely reinstate it and provide it with relief food."
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"content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, reading from the answer given by the Assistant Minister, I regret to say that it is more or less history. At the moment, the Assistant Minister should not talk about Nyakach experiencing drought. Instead, the people of Nyakach are affected by floods. That is common knowledge in Kenya today. What is the Assistant Minister doing to ensure that the water, which is running to the lake, can be captured in dams so that the people of Nyakach can benefit by growing crops during the drought?"
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"content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, my Ministry is not concerned with harvesting of water. That is the responsibility of another Ministry and I think the question should be redirected to the right Ministry. However, regarding the floods, I have said that we have repositioned 1,000 bags of maize and other non-food items. When there are floods, we provide those items. We even visited the affected areas recently. We are available and ready to provide food and non-food items."
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"content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, the problem that we have in the Ministry of State for Special Programmes is proper record keeping in the sense that the Ministry is not able to distinguish different districts from each other. Every time food is destined to Kisumu Town West, which is Kisumu Town East District, it goes to Kisumu West District which lies in another constituency. Could he confirm to the House that the records held by the Ministry are in order and they know which district should get how much per month?"
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"content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Ministry is in the process of establishing a database for all the districts and we are modernizing. We are going electronic and so, the situation will improve soon."
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"content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, while I thank the Assistant Minister for the answer that he has given, it is still in our mind that recently, we saw Kenyans starving to death, particularly in North Eastern Province. What clear steps has the Ministry taken to ensure that Kenyans do not die of hunger in future?"
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"content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, it needs the efforts of the whole Government and other Ministries to make sure that this country is food sufficient. As a Ministry, we are working with other Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) like the Red Cross and the World Food Programme (WFP) to make sure that we are able to give food during those hard times. However, it is the responsibility of all of us, as a Government, to make sure that this country has other programmes which can sustain food supply to the people. I am sure this cannot just be done by the Ministry of State for Special Programmes alone. So, we call upon other arms of Government to come up, so that we are able to feed this country."
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"content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Assistant Minister has talked about a very huge deficit in maize stocks. What does he intend to do to bridge that gap? It is very huge."
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