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    "id": 1158846,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wambua",
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        "legal_name": "Enoch Kiio Wambua",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I take this opportunity to thank my brother and colleague, Sen. Khaniri, for coming up with that Statement. Unbeknown to many people, news and information around weather across the world is very important. I have seen Sen. Olekina look at me when I say that. I know he knows what I am talking about. In the developed world, people make decisions on account of weather forecast. Before they look at any other news, they follow weather patterns, so as to know where they will be going; how they will be dressing and the kind of cars they will be driving. Mr. Speaker, Sir, many times in this country, people at the Kenya Metrological Department will tell you it will be a sunny day complete with temperatures, but before you leave your house, it is pouring. The Senate Majority Leader is laughing because he knows this is true. In fact, there are times they announce and forecast that a region like Pokot where we have landslides, will be dry for a number of months, but within two days, there are landslides occasioned by heavy rainfall. Mr. Speaker, Sir, there is need for that department to either stop giving us weather forecast or invest in technology that is accurate. That technology is available everywhere in the world. This is so that when they say at Noon it will rain in Nairobi County, we know it will. When they say that this season the rains will be constrained, we take it as the truth. This will also help farmers make decisions on account of proper and accurate weather forecast. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I thank the Senator for raising that question. It is not an idle Statement. It seriously needs to be followed up. We also need to ask the kind of investment that goes in the Kenya Metrological Department. If they are constrained by finances, somebody should look into their budget and give them sufficient funds to acquire modern equipment to do proper and accurate weather forecast."
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