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    "id": 1199963,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1199963/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Marsabit CWR, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Naomi Waqo",
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    "content": "In most of our areas, water is a real problem. We do not have enough boreholes or clean water. People who are already weak cannot fetch water for themselves because they trek for about 20 kilometres to fetch water. Proper planning needs to be done so that we have enough water dams, water pans and boreholes. Water is everything; water is life. Right now, animals are dying because of lack of water and pasture. Human beings are also dying. As many Members have already said, there is no good network. When we talk of food security, what comes to our minds are human beings. For a pastoralist, the life of a cow is more important even than the life of a human being. As they feed themselves right now, many people even cook for their animals. This is food that they do not have. They end up giving to their animals the little they receive as their relief food. Proper planning by the Government and the nation can help us. We can plan if we create a Ministry of Arid and Semi-Arid Lands to take care of ASALs and their needs. In the next 20 years, and with proper planning, we can be harvesting water and planting crops. We can do irrigation where necessary so that we can at least be able to feed enough people."
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