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    "id": 1202316,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1202316/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Wajir County, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Fatuma Jehow",
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    "content": "On health and nutrition, there are increased cases of malnourished children aged between ages six months to 59 months. The number of malnourished children requiring treatment rose from 62,283 in February 2022 to 80,968 in June this year. Outbreaks of opportunistic infections related to drought such as kala-azar have so far killed more than 477 people. Access to water is a problem in Wajir County. Water sources in the county include boreholes, shallow wells and water pans. The current water condition is below normal compared to the previous four seasons, which has increased distances to water sources for both human and livestock. For us, we hear about education when we come here. Where I come from, people think education is not a priority. There is low pupil admission for early learning. Migration has increased absenteeism and school drop outs, as pastoralist parents shift with their children to areas with better pastures and water. Security is a problem in Wajir. Just like my brother from Mandera East said, a day to elections we were also burying more than four people from Hadado in Wajir West. We ask the Government to help us to bring sanity along the Wajir-Isiolo border. Finally, I earnestly implore the relevant ministries to scale up their short and long-term interventions and cushion all vulnerable Kenyans during these trying times. May God bless Wajir County. May God bless this House and all of us. Thank you."
}