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    "id": 317205,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/317205/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Maj. Sugow",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister, Ministry of State for Public Service",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Aden Ahmed Sugow",
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    "content": "I would like to take this opportunity to, first of all, congratulate hon. Chachu Ganya. As hon. Gabbow said, there is no person who is better placed to bring this Bill to Parliament than him. I am actually surprised that he did not call it “The Desert Management Authority Bill”, most of our land having become desert. Drought has become a perpetual problem in this country. We are managing drought through what we call “short-term projects”, which are short-term activities that are renewed every five years. Now, having realised the gravity of the situation, it is prudent that we establish a permanent authority, like the one suggested in this Bill, in order to continue managing drought in this country. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, the Ministry of State for the Development of Northern Kenya and other Arid Lands was created in this particular term to address some of the issues that the proposed Authority will address in the future. To a certain degree, I tend to agree with hon. Affey, that despite the establishment of this Ministry---"
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