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    "id": 33688,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/33688/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Maj-Gen. Nkaisserry",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister, Ministry of State for Defence",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 192,
        "legal_name": "Joseph Kasaine Ole Nkaissery",
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    "content": "As a country, when we are debating an issue of this magnitude, we should avoid bringing in populist statements. The Government cannot live in denial. We cannot accept this. Everybody knew what happened in Turkana. Some people died due to hunger. The Government must accept this reality. The Government is composed of the Executive, the Judiciary and the Legislature. In the National Assembly, we have Departmental Committees on Agriculture. Early warnings for this drought were given as early as July last year. I want to know the action the Committee of Parliament took, because that is part of the Government. We should all take the blame. What action are we going to take to mitigate this? We should fund line Ministries concerned with the problem of mitigating hunger. These are Ministries of Agriculture, Livestock and Water and Irrigation. These are areas which should be targeted. Of course, we cannot forget national security because without security there is no development. We can fund the Ministries of Education, Agriculture, Water and Irrigation and Livestock. These are the areas we must target."
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