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    "id": 391897,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Aden",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": "Hon. Deputy Speaker, I stand to support this Motion. Indeed, this Motion has come at the right time when this country is experiencing acute water shortages and drought. The issue of floods and droughts has become an annual menace. It is a problem that is recurring year in, year out. This must be brought to an end. We need to organize ourselves given the little resources available. The organizations and agencies that have been created to deal with emergencies need to be reorganized in order to ensure that we alleviate the continuous suffering of Kenyans many of whom are either victims of floods or drought. It has been in the national news and I want to thank the media for highlighting the plight of the people of Balambala Constituency and the problems they are going through at this time of the year. There is a serious shortage of water in Balambala Constituency in Garissa County. I have raised this issue with several authorities. I want to call upon the Government from here. The Government needs to declare an emergency in Balambala Constituency before people start dying. Animals die every day in my constituency. I want to take this platform to say that the people of Balambala are faced with a serious water shortage because of the fact that the previous rains did not fill the pans which are the common source of water for the largely predominant pastoralist community in Balambala. Because of the delayed long rains, the people of Balambala are now in an emergency situation. I call upon the Government to pay immediate attention to that part of this country. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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