{"id":22832,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/22832/?format=json","text_counter":212,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Mr. Mbau","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":182,"legal_name":"Elias Peter Mbau","slug":"elias-mbau"},"content":"Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, the question of drought intervention was a major issue that we also addressed. As much as a lot of effort has been focused on subsidizing the current consumption, where a lot of money is being pumped to subsidized famine relief and other subsidies, we need to ensure that we look, as a Government and country, for sustainable long-lasting measures and strategies, so that we do not keep on saying that we have a hungry population within our borders. This is because a people, country and Government that is not able to feed its people will lose the benefit of respect as a nation."}