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    "id": 445077,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/445077/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Odanga",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Geoffrey Makokha Odanga",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to support the Bill as brought forward by hon. Chachu Ganya. I think that drought is a big disaster that we should all rise to really fight. It is not just those Arid and Semi Arid Lands (ASALs) that are affected. We know that drought is still increasing. The percentage of the country that is becoming a desert is increasing every other day. So, it is for all of us to really fight it. If the country is spending over Kshs12 billion every year for the damages and losses, really this is a menace that we should be fighting. So, the National Drought Management Authority as proposed by hon. Chachu Ganya is a right move in the right direction because drought affects all of us in terms of food production and it makes us beggars every other time that we do not have enough food. We would like this Authority to work hand in hand with other authorities and boards like the National Irrigation Board (NIB) so that it can irrigate all the lands that are already dry. We also need to have afforestation or reafforestation done in those places as we keep on countering the expansion of drought to other places that have not been affected so far. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, it will also be important to make amendments during the Third Reading so that all other disasters are included. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, with those few remarks, I support."
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