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    "id": 187704,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/187704/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Elmi",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister of State for Development of Northern Kenya and other Arid Lands",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Mohamed Ibrahim Elmi",
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    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. On the first part of the Question by the hon. Member on the criteria that the Ministry uses to classify areas as Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (ASALS), I would like to say that the Ministry of State for Development of Northern Kenya and other Arid Lands does not do the classification. But it uses the classification that is undertaken by the Kenya Agricultural Research Institute (KARI) in collaboration with the Kenya Meteorological Department. We use that classification to decide on the areas that should be classified as ASALs. The classification is usually based on aridity, which takes into account several factors, namely rainfall, temperature, humidity, evaporation, soil types and the overall agricultural productivity of the area. On the second part of the Question, I assume he implies: When the Ministry will put those areas under it? The Ministry will liaise with the relevant departments that I have mentioned above. We realize and recognize that aridity is not static and that, over time, a number of districts in Kenya that were initially not classified as ASALS have been classified at a later date. They have developed the characteristics of ASALS at a later date. So, at an appropriate time, we will liaise with those departments and see whether those areas that the hon. Member has mentioned could be classified as ASALS."
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