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    "id": 22189,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/22189/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Gabbow",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister, Ministry of State for Special Programmes",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 258,
        "legal_name": "Mohamed Hussein Gabbow",
        "slug": "mohammed-gabbow"
    },
    "content": "(a) I am aware that there is food shortage in Mutomo and Ikutha due to the current drought being experienced in the districts and other parts of the country. However, it is not true that the residents have not received relief food for several months. Mutomo and Ikutha have been receiving food every month since the drought situation began early in the year. In the months of May to August, Ikutha and Mutomo have each received a total of 7,400 bags of maize, 1,400 bags of beans, 200 cartons of cooking oil and cash amounting to Kshs600,000 each to assist in the distribution of food. In addition to this allocation, the districts are also benefiting under the Protracted Relief and Recovery Operation (PRRO) that is run by the World Food Programme (WFP). There are about 135,900 beneficiaries of this programme in the larger Kitui that also includes the two districts. Further, the districts are also benefiting under the School Feeding Programme under the Ministry of Education and the WFP. I am aware that some relief food was said to be unfit for human consumption. We have already collected samples of the maize being alleged to be contaminated from the Kitui National Cereals and Produce Board depot and forwarded it to the Government Chemist for testing aflatoxin levels and establish whether the maize is fit for human consumption. I have the results with me here from the Government Chief Chemist, which I wish to table."
}