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    "id": 373539,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/373539/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "July 16, 2013 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 45 Hon. Nanok",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for the opportunity to contribute to this Motion. Flooding is a natural disaster. So, when we are made to understand that it can be caused artificially by the actions of institutions charged with the responsibility to regulate the flow of water downstream, it creates a feeling of desperation, especially for the people downstream. The TARDA is not the only authority in this country. There is also the KVDA which is charged with the responsibility to handle issues of development and harnessing of water resources along our rivers in this country. It is supposed to work towards alleviating these natural disasters like flooding. The opposite of flooding is drought. I come from a constituency that occasionally goes through the flooding menace, especially when we have rains that come in a flush and people are not prepared to mitigate against such flush floods. This is Turkana West in Turkana County. The devastation that is caused by floods is enormous. When we are supposed to be mitigating the effects of flooding, an institution is causing more damage."
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