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    "id": 1424943,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1424943/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherarkey",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Cherarkey K Samson",
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    "content": "The accuracy of weather is very critical. For instance, in Dubai the other day they used prediction. When you go to other modern countries with advanced technology, their meteorological department predicts and advises people that they should not go out of the house especially when there are heat waves like in America and India. We, therefore, need a Kenya Meteorological Authority that gives the accuracy of the weather patterns. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, where I come from, by 15th, March we are always ready for planting season, but with the ever-changing dynamic weather, it has moved to April. We used to use traditional mechanisms like visiting the seers like the “Ringis” who would see and say there is no rain today or there is. Therefore, if the accuracy of traditional seers could show us whether the rain is there or not, I expect the technology to be a bit higher, so that we do not depend on “Ringis” to know the weather forecast. This accountability ensures that as we go into the future, we will have a Kenya Meteorological Authority with accurate state-of-the-art equipment. At the moment we are discussing budgetary estimates by various State Departments in the country and by creating a Kenya Meteorological Authority, they will have the opportunity to present their budget estimates before the environmental committees or the line committees that have been formed in this country, so that they get enough funding. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, sometimes when you hear from the Kenya Meteorological Department, they say it is raining today and you do not see any rain. Sometimes they say it will not rain and it rains. They need to have enough resources to modernise their equipment and have a well-resourced and competitively qualified human resource. Today we were lucky there was a delegation of young people who are still in university. Most of them are studying these courses on meteorology. Therefore, we want a weather authority that will be competitive and that will ensure people are hired based on their capacity and ability, going into the future. I believe this Meteorological Authority will be able to have its headquarters and I am happy with Clause 5(4) which provides that- “The headquarters of authority shall be in Nairobi, but the authority may establish County Meteorological Offices.”"
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