{"id":142392,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/142392/?format=json","text_counter":370,"type":"other","speaker_name":"","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"World Bank. The first phase was initiated in 1996. It is a small project that covers 28 districts in the Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (ASALs). The question that we pose is whether it has the capacity or the funding. What is the Government doing about it? It is time this country formed a Drought Management Authority that has the capacity, the financial strength, emergency and relief rehabilitation under it to take care of the sporadic and ever-emerging drought situations."}