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    "speaker_name": "Ganze, PAA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kenneth Tungule",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I want to take this opportunity to thank the people from the four wards of Ganze – Bamba, Jaribuni, Sokoke and Ganze – for overwhelmingly electing me to represent them in this 13th Parliament. I take this opportunity to also congratulate you, Hon. Deputy Speaker for being elected to lead this House and also the Speaker, Hon. Moses Masika Wetangula. I come from Ganze which is a very dry constituency. It still faces a myriad of challenges many years after Independence. They are still struggling with the necessities of life such as poor housing, water shortage, poor infrastructure and lack of good education. Almost 80 per cent of Ganze is currently affected by the ravages of the ongoing drought and famine. Livestock farming, which is the economic mainstay has severely been hampered as all pastures have dried up. The few water ponds which are shared by human and wildlife have been invaded by the elephants from the Tsavo East National Park. Paragraph 44 of the President’s Speech says that 3.5 million Kenyans are affected by drought and famine in Kenya. This is the true position in Ganze right now. As we speak, it has not rained for the last three years. The people there are surviving on a meal per day for three days. The situation is so bad, and it calls for urgent and immediate Government intervention. We saw the President launch relief supplies to the drought-stricken areas the other day. I, however, want to tell this House that these supplies are yet to reach Ganze. I urge the The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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