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    "id": 34220,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/34220/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. M.M. Ali",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Special Programmes",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 74,
        "legal_name": "Ali Mohamud Mohamed",
        "slug": "ali-mohamud-mohamed"
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    "content": " Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) The Kenya Red Cross Society (KRCS) has been supplementing the Government in drought mitigation through appealing to local and international organizations for the required interventions. On food distribution, the Society has been contracted as a lead agency in distributing relief food on behalf of the World Food Programme in various districts in Kwale and Garissa Counties. My Ministry has also hired six trucks from the KRCS for distribution of relief food. In terms of accountability, the KRCS is accountable to its Governing Board, the National Executive Board, in accordance with Cap.256 of the Laws of Kenya as revised in 1967. (b) Following the declaration of drought as a disaster, the KRCS made an international appeal for a total sum of Kshs859 million to enable it to respond to emergency needs of populations affected by drought. By the end of July, the Society had received about Kshs149 million which is about 17 per cent of the total. These funds are being used for drought interventions across the country. (c) I can confirm that the KRCS has put up hotels in Nairobi, Nyeri, Eldoret and has also acquired 3,000 acres of land in Mlango, Tana River. These investment ventures are within Cap.525(6) of the laws of the country."
}