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    "id": 1199892,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1199892/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Fafi, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Farah Yakub",
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    "content": "Hon. Speaker, as we speak about drought, every household in Fafi Ward, the host community in that area, hosts about five to 10 individuals who are famine-influx refugees from the southern part of Somalia, Gedo region. They are about 65,000 people. They have not been registered and they have not been catered for. They are a burden to our families whose main problem today is bringing bread to the table. Hon. Speaker, drought has been an issue in this constituency since Independence; it comes and goes. It has now hit us hard as it is the fifth season without rain in that area. The funny part is that if you live two kilometres from the river in that constituency, you have no water. The farthest point from the river to the border line in my constituency is 200 kilometres. If funds are given, I believe that water could be pumped from River Tana to the farthest point in my constituency and today I would not be here saying that there is lack of water in my area. The Government has made a lot of interventions but of little importance. This shows the importance of little things. Rain harvesting was the main intervention by the Government. As we speak, there are over 200 water pans dug in that constituency. I can see that the red light is on. Drought in our area has culminated to lack of water. This has led to the closure of 28 primary schools and others are almost being closed. The lack of water causes insecurity in the area because of conflict in the few water pans that have water. This is an area that hosts the Arawale Reserve. However, because of lack of water and drought the Hirola, which is a rare wildlife species is less than 100 today as opposed to 10,000 in the 1980s."
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