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    "id": 1251295,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1251295/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Miano",
    "speaker_title": "The Cabinet Secretary for East African Community, Arid and Semi-Arid Lands and Regional Development",
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    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, I thank Sen. Mungatana. Compliments are rare but appreciated. One of the documents we are working on is a strategy called ending drought emergencies strategy and this is the second phase. We had one that just expired in December. In this strategy, we are focusing on resilience building. We are coming up with strategies, programmes and projects that in future will alleviate droughts. Consequently, with the climate change and the devastating effects of climate change, droughts, lands and the climate are not getting better. It is only planning that can get better. We are hoping to launch the Ending Drought Emergency Strategy by 1st July, 2023. Development partners support it. When we launch it, we will then embark on execution and implementation. We do look forward to a team that the discipline of execution. In terms of food reserves, the Ministry of Agriculture comes into this particular docket. I have looked at their proposals, not only for the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development, but the current administration’s manifestos and plans on agriculture, which we are all aware of. We look forward to the fruition of these plans and the activities that are going on, to promote large-scale agriculture and proposals to have food reserves. So, all these activities are to position us better for future droughts because they will surely come. However, we do hope that the country, communities, counties, even Ministries and all of us will be much better placed to handle that. One of the mandates for this state department is livestock development in arid and semi-arid lands. We are coming up with newer fodder programmes and proposals on livestock transformation. We have one particular programme that is supported by various development partners. We are almost at the tail-end of the proposals. We have come up and put together a steering committee, which we believe are of big thinkers and strategic thinkers, to think with us and see how we can transform the livestock sector in the arid and semi-arid lands, taking cognizance of the fact that this was one of the most affected sectors during this drought. Therefore, we are looking at commercialization of fodder, so that we have more fodder available. We are looking at vaccinations and better breeds of animals for our"
}