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    "id": 1094459,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1094459/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Lagdera, KANU",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Mohamed Hire",
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        "legal_name": "Mohamed Hire Garane",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me an opportunity to contribute to this important Adjournment Motion regarding the drought situation in the affected countries. The drought situation in the 25 counties that have been mentioned is very serious. Unless some quick intervention measures are put in place, we are likely to see a humanitarian crisis. I would say “humanitarian” because the situation is so bad. I just returned from the constituency. I know the story has not been covered in the media but livestock has started dying. The major sources of water in these counties are water pans. Almost 95 per cent of these water pans have dried up. Animals trek for long distances of 50 kilometres and more to get water. The situation in northern Kenya is really bad. The failure of the December 2020 and April-May 2021 rains has worsened the situation. But the sad thing is that agencies that have been mandated to look at these issues knew that rains failed, but up to now there is nothing that has been done. There is no response. These agencies know about the situation. The National Drought Management Authority monitors and gives early warnings. They have the data, but there is no response at all from these agencies. That is why if immediate intervention is not made, then we will have a large population of livestock depleted. There is no pasture. Schools have closed. There is serious malnutrition among children. These people depend on livestock. The livestock cannot be taken to the market because there are no livestock markets. All of them have very weak bodies, so you cannot take them to the market. These are very serious issues. The Ministry in charge of devolution and the Ministry in charge of Water have serious blames on these issues. 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."
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