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    "id": 1425736,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Mithika Linturi",
    "speaker_title": "The Cabinet Secretary for Agriculture and Livestock Development",
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        "legal_name": "Franklin Mithika Linturi",
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    "content": " Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply as follows to the Question from the Senator for Tana River. Firstly, I would like to say that in this short rains season, Tana River County received enhanced rainfall in the months of October, November and December, which resulted to floods and reports of deaths of human and livestock, destruction of property and livelihoods, as well as displacement of people was reported in the region. The effects of the floods necessitated the formation of the National El Nino Emergency Preparedness and Response Command Centre on the 27th November, 2023, at the National Disaster Operation Centre at Nyayo House. This Secretariat was charged with the responsibility of assessing and reporting on losses incurred by crop and livestock farmers. The effects of the floods in Tana River is as follows and because crop production is mainly done in irrigation schemes there, the irrigation schemes were affected by floods, which caused serious damage to infrastructure. The estimated area that was destroyed in Tana River within the four irrigation schemes are as follows: In the Bura Irrigation Scheme, an area of 2,698 acres was destroyed. The Tana Irrigation Scheme, 1,956 acres; Vumbwe Minor Irrigation Scheme, 50 acres; and Hola Irrigation Scheme, 2300 and the Tana and Athi Rivers Development Authority (TARDA) Scheme, 260. The main crops in those sub-counties of Tana River are many and they range from mangoes, bananas, citrus, maize, watermelons and others. The estimated value of crops damaged by floods from our assessment amounted to over Kshs734 million. The effects of these floods on livestock production as a main source of livelihood for Tana River County is that we lost around 680 goats and 510 sheep. Generally, the livestock infrastructure in Tana River was also affected, including the destruction of rangelands and pasturelands. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the interventions by the Government on floods and livestock are that in the month of April, we issued an alert on increased vector borne diseases as a measure for preparedness and response to the Rift Valley Fever Disease."
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