Entry Instance

HTTP 200 OK
Allow: GET, PUT, PATCH, DELETE, HEAD, OPTIONS
Content-Type: application/json
Vary: Accept

{
    "id": 1094457,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1094457/?format=api",
    "text_counter": 339,
    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nominated, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Wilson Sossion",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13171,
        "legal_name": "wilson sossion",
        "slug": "wilson-sossion"
    },
    "content": "dying. These are very unsightly activities that should not be witnessed in this country. We do not need the meteorological department anymore. What is the disaster preparedness of the Government to intervene in this? The Government, both devolved and national, should intervene. Livestock is the greatest victim in terms of drought. We are witnessing a lot of livestock dying. We are talking of poverty and lack of resources yet we have the resources in livestock. This is the time that the right Government agencies should guide pastoral communities so that they sell off the livestock that they have at the moment and reduce their numbers so that the funds accrued from such sales can be used to mitigate other effects of drought like purchase of foodstuffs. The Ministry of Defence has taken up the management of KMC. We have no reason to talk about livestock dying when we have a whole KMC under the military. This is the time that the President and Commander-In-Chief of the Armed Forces should be able to direct and ensure that no livestock dies in this country because of drought. It is possible to mop up excess livestock even in regions that have not been affected by drought. It is also possible to begin mopping up excess livestock and translate them into cash. Even after declaring the prevailing drought a national disaster, it is possible for this House to take it up on its own accord through the Departmental Committee on Agriculture and Livestock, the Departmental Committee on Administration and National Security, and the Departmental Committee on Defence and Foreign Relations. Let us not wait for disaster to happen. Let us begin work to develop the framework of mitigation measures. We should be able to see the Government taking the lead in initiating measures to mitigate the effects of drought to save Kenyans from starvation as we also save livestock from dying. With those remarks, I support."
}