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    "id": 1113229,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1113229/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Wajir West, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Ahmed Kolosh",
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        "id": 13507,
        "legal_name": "Ahmed Kolosh Mohamed",
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    "content": " Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, yesterday, I sent photographs of a dumping site for livestock that have died and have been collected from villages. The communities in my constituency have created a number of dumping sites. I sent those photographs to the President just to alert him that, that was what was going on. The drought was not declared a national disaster because of the reports of institutions that were charged with such responsibilities like the NDMA, but because of politicians visiting and begging the President to declare it as such. Even after that, no action has been taken. The CS in charge of Devolution visited my county three or four days ago. Not even a quarter of whatever he said he came with has been delivered to the site; whether it is animal feeds or food for the people. Not even a quarter of what he said he came with has been taken to the ground. So, it is all just semantics. They are just taking photographs with dying people and livestock. It is important for the people of Northern Kenya to learn that this Government does not care about their interests, lives and properties. Therefore, they should look for a method to cope with their problems. Finally, the weatherman spoke and said that the rains in the north will fall short of expectations. We pray to God that they missed that one and did not get it right. However, if that comes to pass, the situation is expected to worsen. That is why I urge the Government – and I have said it many times before but I know they will not listen – to finally listen to this problem, because the people of the north will one day rise and find how…"
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