{"id":246613,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/246613/?format=json","text_counter":33,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Mr. Kimunya","speaker_title":"The Minister for Finance","speaker":{"id":174,"legal_name":"Amos Muhinga Kimunya","slug":"amos-kimunya"},"content":"Mr. Speaker, Sir, as a sign of its commitment, the Government has allocated Kshs500,000 million as seed money to this fund. In addition, to ongoing drought mitigation initiatives and development programmes, the Government will adopt a comprehensive policy for the sustainable development of the ASAL areas. Towards this end, I am allocating a further Kshs1.5 billion for water programmes in the ASAL areas."}