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    "id": 186136,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/186136/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Dr. Shaban",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister of State for Special Programmes",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Naomi Namsi Shaban",
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    "content": " Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) I am aware that parts of lower Eastern Province have been experiencing drought due to poor performance of the short rains from October to December, 2007, and the long rains from April to June this year. This has resulted in food shortages in this area which, like other arid and semi-arid areas of the country, is prone to famine particularly when the rains do not perform well. Therefore, the Government has always intervened to cushion the people from the adverse effects of drought. (b) My Ministry is taking action to ensure that relief food is readily available to all affected people. It is given to the needy people through two channels, that is, the World Food Programme (WFP) and the Emergency Operation Programme (EMOP). There is also direct allocation to the districts by my Ministry. Under the EMO Programme, districts are given food on a monthly basis where it is distributed through the WFP system. Here, a lead agency is appointed to handle the distribution. Such lead agencies include organisations like August 6, 2008 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 2389 World Vision, Oxfam, Action Aid, Kenya Red Cross and other reputable organisations that have the experience and capacity to carry out massive distribution of food. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, in the case of Mwingi and Kyuso, the lead agency is actually Action Aid. In Kitui and Mutomo, the lead agency is the Diocese of Kitui. The relief food given directly by my Ministry, however, is targeted at populations that are not covered by the EMOP and is given as and when requested by the district."
}