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    "id": 153458,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/153458/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. ole Metito",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Regional Development Authorities",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 199,
        "legal_name": "Judah Katoo Ole-Metito",
        "slug": "judah-ole-metito"
    },
    "content": "However, I have two or three highlights that I would like to make. First, the country is faced with a very serious drought. Some of the areas have not received rain. For example, Loitoktok has not received rain since November last year. Some of the Ministries that I ask to enhance the processes of service delivery include the Ministry of State for Special Programmes. We have been having relief food distribution which has not been as smooth as expected. I think it is high time that this Ministry did a lot to facilitate that process. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, one of the things that are making food distribution difficult is the fact that monies required by the provincial administration on the ground for transportation of food are not available. Most of the time when you ask what happens; you are told that in most cases food rations are delivered to the centres but money to facilitate transportation takes a lot of time to be received. Money is required urgently. The Ministry of State for Special Programmes should also keep reviewing the targets for food distribution. There are places where people need a lot of assistance. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, in the Ministry of Agriculture, as we approve these Supplementary Estimates, it is good that this Ministry takes cognisanse of the fact that this country has different rainfall patterns. I am talking with the South Rift region in mind. When it is harvesting season in some areas, in other areas it is planting season. Therefore, the Ministry of Agriculture, in their budget allocations---"
}