{"id":317137,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/317137/?format=json","text_counter":327,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Mr. Chachu","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":18,"legal_name":"Francis Chachu Ganya","slug":"francis-ganya"},"content":"Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, just in 1999 to 2001, 4 million people depended entirely on relief food, which was estimated to cost US$415 million. This is largely in Northern Parts of Kenya. There are so many humanitarian impacts of droughts on our lives. It shortens our lifespan; the threatening interventions are so severe; congenital and physical disabilities resulting from chronic under-malnutrition. Also the people who are affected are constantly on the brink of disaster, which has a major impact on their own psychology."}