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    "id": 267939,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/267939/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Raila",
    "speaker_title": "The Prime Minister",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 195,
        "legal_name": "Raila Amolo Odinga",
        "slug": "raila-odinga"
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    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, the hon. Member for Moyale asked about sound policy to ensure food security – a very good question, indeed. I want to inform him that this is a matter that has been addressed very comprehensively by the Government to ensure that the country becomes food self sufficient. I only want to inform the hon. Member that some of the measures which are being undertaken by the Government are medium and long-term. We have appreciated that with the climate change, there is a kind of disaster that we live in and it is going to be a permanent feature of our lives. It means that, for example, pastoralism as has been practised traditionally has become an unsustainable way of life, because pasture disappears when the drought comes; water also disappears and animals die. Therefore, we are moving to irrigated agriculture. To do so requires heavy capital investment to build large dams that can be used to harvest rainwater when it rains. As we are talking, there are a number of dams"
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