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    "id": 380623,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/380623/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Adan",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Dullo Fatuma Adan",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise to support this Motion. First, I would like to thank Sen. Haji for bringing this Motion because year in, year out, we always have floods causing havoc in those parts of the country. It is really important for the county governments and the Government at large to prevent this disaster. Secondly, I would like to urge the Government and KenGen to do proper planning because if that is done, I believe there will be no problem of floods every year. One of the concerns that we need to address here is that in those parts there are areas that are normally affected as a result of lack of water; so by using the water from the Tana Delta we can come up with dams which will assist the pastoral communities during the drought seasons. The other point that I wanted to add is that whenever we have these floods, roads are also affected. As a result, you will find that food prices will go up and this normally affects the communities living in those areas. There is also an outbreak of waterborne diseases. If we do not deal with these issues and contain this water, then it means that every year instead of developing, we will be pre-occupied with controlling diseases or trying to come up with famine relief. In these areas, communities always depend on famine relief throughout the year. I will conclude by saying that we end up perpetually reducing communities to poverty by forcing them to rely on relief throughout their lives. We should instead concentrate on controlling these floods which essentially are supposed to be controlled by KenGen. With those few remarks, I beg to support."
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