{"id":249841,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/249841/?format=json","text_counter":16,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Mr. Deputy Speaker","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"Hon. Members, before we go to the next Order, I wish to introduce to the House a distinguished delegation of hon. Members of the African-Caribbean and the Pacific- European Union (ACP-EU) Joint Parliamentary Assembly, who are on a fact finding mission on the drought situation in Kenya. The delegation, now seated at the Speaker's Row, is as follows: The Hon. Glenys Kinnock (UK)- Leader of the delegation - European Union side. The Hon. Barry Faure (Seychelles) - Leader of the delegation - Africa side. The other hon. Members of the delegation are: The Hon. Roy K. Chulumanda - Zambia The Hon. Jurgen Schroder - Germany. As hon. Members are aware, some of our own hon. Members are also part of this delegation and they include: the Hon. J.J. Kamotho and the Hon. Samuel Poghisio. On your behalf, my own behalf and that of the whole House, I wish to welcome the hon. delegates and wish them a successful tour of this country as they examine the food shortage resulting from the recent drought. Feel welcome, and thank you."}