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    "id": 1199998,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mathoya, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Edwin Gichuki",
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    "content": "On the debate in the House today about drought, I am privileged to have worked with the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), which is a United Nations body that deals with drought and food issues. For us to be able to solve the issue of drought, we have to look at the issue of water. We have different types of droughts. We have meteorological drought that is caused by factors such as tsunami, hurricanes, typhoons and others natural phenomena like landslides. I know this is happening close to home like in Mozambique and South Africa but for now, it is not affecting our country. We also have another type of drought called hydrological drought, which is caused lack of by water. If we manage our water well, we will not have issues of drought in this country. We are currently talking about drought but in three to six, seven or eight months, there will be flooding in this country yet all that water will go to waste. Some will go to Lake Victoria and some to the Indian Ocean. If we conserve that water through water harvesting using pans, dams and other things, drought will be a thing of the past. The other day when His Excellency the President was flagging-off relief food, he said he hoped that that would be the last time he would be doing so. We know that he has a PhD in Agriculture, and a Masters’ degree in Agriculture. He is passionate about agriculture. Because we have given him a chance, I am very sure that we will never again discuss drought in this House. There is also another type of drought called agricultural drought, which causes shortage of food. There are some counties or parts of the country that have excess food while others are suffering. We have counties that are even wasting food. If we can improve on our logistical and supply chain mechanisms, we will be able to move food from food-rich counties or areas that have a surplus of food commodities to counties that do not have food. We will then not have food shortages. If we are able to do this, I am sure we will be able to solve some of these problems. I know that my proposals might be extreme but we need to expand on the sources or types of food that we eat in this country. Having worked out of the country, in Cameroon, people there…"
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