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    "id": 1094437,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1094437/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Funyula, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr.) Wilberforce Oundo",
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        "legal_name": "Wilberforce Ojiambo Oundo",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. Let me congratulate my colleague from Isiolo for bringing this special Motion to discuss the issue of drought in this country. It has been a predictable cycle that after a certain number of years, we have drought; some severe, some mild and some manageable. However, in all cases, it is untenable. It is inconceivable that in the 21st Century, with advanced technology in prediction and trending methods, we are unable to predict when drought will hit and which parts of the country it will hit so that we prepare and have mitigation measures in place to alleviate such situations. I have been lucky to have travelled the entire North Eastern Kenya in various capacities as a consultant. I have come face-to-face with the hardships they face. I have not been there since I came to Parliament in 2017. I hope devolution has brought some change. There are many things that developed governments can do to mitigate those measures. Each financial year, we give county governments a lot of money. We hope they can account for it. In this particular day and time, we should not be talking about water scarcity in North Eastern Kenya. We should not be talking about lack of mitigation measures. Agriculture and livestock are devolved functions. County governments have a lot of money. Those counties exclusively benefit from the Equalisation Fund to the exclusion of other parts of the country. This is the time where leadership is called upon. We will complain and blame the national Government, but at the end of the day we, the people on the ground, with a devolved function, must start questioning the achievements of devolution in so far as disaster management is concerned. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
}