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    "id": 31396,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Ojode",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister, Ministry of State for Provincial Administration and Internal Security",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 197,
        "legal_name": "Joshua Orwa Ojode",
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    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, last week, hon. Shebesh rose on a point of order asking why the Chief of Kalapata was issued with a warning letter dated 3rd August, for gross misconduct, while two other chiefs in Turkana South received show cause letters; and, whether the Government would continue to deny that people have died due to drought in Turkana South. I wish to state the following: The import of the letter addressed to the chief by the District Commissioner dated 3rd August was to ask the chief to explain why he had not briefed the office on the deaths he attributed to famine in his location; whether the chief had the competence to comment on the cause of deaths and why people were dying and yet the location was supplied with food during the period between April and July 2011 as per the supplementary information that I have. The chief is responsible for the coordination of food supply and relaying drought information about vulnerable families in his location. The District Commissioner’s letter was written against that background. With regard to the Member’s second part of the question, the Ministry wishes to state that it has not received any information of deaths that have been confirmed to have been caused by famine. The Government acknowledges that the current drought situation has severely affected the food situation in many parts of the country and has taken mitigation measures to cushion vulnerable families. The Ministry of State for Special Programmes is responsible for the supply of relief food and can give a report on the Government support to the affected population. The responsibility of the Provincial Administration is to monitor, report and coordinate Government efforts to mitigate against famine. Thank you."
}