{"id":36645,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/36645/?format=json","text_counter":373,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Mr. Kenyatta","speaker_title":"The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance","speaker":{"id":168,"legal_name":"Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta","slug":"uhuru-kenyatta"},"content":" Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. This issue has raised a lot of emotion and I do not think we need to raise emotions on this issue. Security, just as food security, is equally important. I do not think the Government is blind to the fact that we are faced with a major famine throughout the country. As late as two or three weeks ago, a sub-committee was formed under the Office of the Prime Minister. When we were formulating the Budget, we did not at that stage envision the extent of this drought. As a result of that, the Cabinet two weeks ago, in recognition of the problems Kenyans are facing agreed that there be a re-allocation within the Budget to cater for this emergency. The Cabinet approved Kshs10 billion to be re-allocated to deal with the problem of food. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I thought it is necessary to say this here because---"}