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    "id": 1111423,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1111423/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Eng.) Mahamud",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 373,
        "legal_name": "Mohammed Maalim Mahamud",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, let me also add my voice to this Statement by Sen. (Dr.) Mbito from Trans Nzoia. The current hunger situation is serious. In this country, drought is taken as an emergency but there is drought annually. It is something the Government must be prepared to deal with it in a long-term basis. We should not be waiting until the drought ravages our country then try to intervene by way of emergency. There must be proper plans put in place. Departments like the NDMA, which is mandated to deal with matters of drought should put in place strategic interventions. Currently the drought has ravaged parts of the country; animals are dying, people have no food and food insecurity is estimated to continue until December this year. The rains are predicted to be scarce. The emergency intervention announced by the President; the Kshs2 billion is a drop in the ocean. More so, it is not moving anything because animals are dying and there is no proper offtake plan. The interventions are normally slow. It is important that this Government moves from the small interventions and in the long term plan for resilient measures as requested by the Senator. We have to deal with issues of drought, which is a national phenomenon that keeps coming up in an organized and systematic manner."
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