{"id":327399,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/327399/?format=json","text_counter":76,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Mr. Keynan","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":41,"legal_name":"Adan Wehliye Keynan","slug":"adan-keynan"},"content":"asked the Minister for Agriculture:- (a) what measures the Ministry has taken towards introduction of farming in arid and semi-arid areas in North Eastern Province and other pastoral areas as recommended in Sessional Paper No.1 of 1969; and, (b) why the people of North Eastern Province and other arid areas suffer from recurrent famine yet there are several seasonal and permanent sources of water for irrigation."}