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    "id": 4365,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/4365/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Raila",
    "speaker_title": "The Prime Minister",
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        "legal_name": "Raila Amolo Odinga",
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    "content": "That equally applies to hon. Chachu. He said that the roads in northern Kenya are in a very terrible state. I agree with him because likewise, they have experienced very heavy rains. Some parts of Kenya, like northern Kenya, have had more than 200 per cent rain more than what they usually get around this period. I wish we had, by this time constructed dams which would have enabled us to harvest the heavy rains that we have received around this period. It would help us when the La Nina comes, which we know will come sometimes next year, to carry out irrigation and also for our livestock. We know that just about a few months ago, we were talking about severe drought. All these areas were suffering from severe drought and a lot of livestock was lost during that drought period yet now there is too much water. We have now realized that this climate change phenomenon is permanent. It is going to be with us. That is why we need to win our population that live in some of these areas from over dependence on pastoralism to more sedentary systems of existence. It has now become very apparent that pastoralism as we have known it traditionally for generations and generations, has become unsustainable in the light of climate change. When the drought comes, pasture and water disappear and livestock die. When the rains come, you need to do restocking. That becomes a very expensive exercise."
}