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    "id": 1199635,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1199635/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wambua",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13199,
        "legal_name": "Enoch Kiio Wambua",
        "slug": "enoch-kiio-wambua"
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for that kind gesture. I was saying that that study had estimated that with as little as Kshs1.2 billion, we would do sand dams on every river stream to hold all the water in the county, raise the water table and carry out irrigation programmes. Overreliance on rain-fed agriculture, whether in Kitui, Laikipia, Nakuru or anywhere else in this country, will never help us. We shall always sit back and wait for the rains to come. If they do not come, we go out to beg. I want to challenge county governments. Even as they wait for the intervention by the national Government, they should take agriculture as a devolved function seriously. Lastly, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I appreciate the initiatives by the Executive in mitigating drought. I know that meetings have been held with leaders from all over the regions that are affected. However, I must also point out that the latest intervention was too little too late. Dispatching 50 truckloads of foodstuffs to feed a nation that is starving is a good gesture, but we can do better; we can do more. With those remarks, I second."
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