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    "id": 1354619,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1354619/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Tharaka, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. George Murugara",
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    "content": "We now have supper El Nino, which means it is the worst El Nino ever experienced in the country since the 1960s, 1970s and 2000s. What preparations did we put in place to mitigate the effects of this phenomenon? Almost zero. We never did anything, but waited with bated breath and hoped that the rains would be sufficient. We prepared our farmlands, planted and hoped to have a bumper harvest. The pastoralists were happy they would have grazing fields with lots of grass for their livestock and life would continue as usual. That is not what we have now. We have a disaster in the making. We are calling upon the Government to declare this El Nino phenomenon a national disaster, so that we are able to tackle it in the most appropriate manner that befits the country. If we require assistance from any other quarters, we have the platform to do so. A part from battling El Nino, we also need to put in place post El Nino measures. What will happen to the country when these rains subside? No doubt whatsoever; we will be left in a calamity. The roads have been washed away and our bridges have come down. People are living in IDP camps. We have seen people in Nyanza and the vast northern Kenya region suffering because those areas are totally flooded. Schools have been affected even as examinations go on."
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