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    "id": 1094435,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1094435/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "North Horr, FAP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Chachu Ganya",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 18,
        "legal_name": "Francis Chachu Ganya",
        "slug": "francis-ganya"
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    "content": "provide the necessary funds for this very critical entity tasked with the management of drought in this country. We need to invest in our livestock. If we save the livestock, we save our livelihoods. If we invest in terms of animal feeds, hay, water provisions and veterinary services, we will save those animals and they will in turn save the livelihoods of the pastoralists even after the drought. Otherwise, there will be no point in saving the pastoralists if they will have no livelihood to support them anymore. They will become destitute living in town centres and depending on food aid or relief food. We need to invest in animal offtake programmes. Some of those animals still have good body weight. The Kenya Meat Commission (KMC) should come in and invest in animal offtake. We need to invest in strategic water points and boreholes where there is pasture at the moment, but no water. We can do this by drilling and also water trucking where necessary. It is about saving lives and livelihoods. We should invest in cash transfers for the elderly and other vulnerable members of our communities. If these strategies are done in a timely manner, we can save the lives and livelihoods of those pastoralists. We can save the lives of four million Kenyans who are food insecure and facing a serious crisis in their lives at the moment. We also need our county governments to come in, invest and make drought management a priority. Drought management is not a priority at the moment. If you cannot save your own people, there is no development you will plan for them going forward. We also want the international community, the donor community and other stakeholders to strongly come in and coordinate with the National Drought Management Authority, so that they can intervene in all the required sectors. I support the Motion, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker."
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