{"id":513712,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/513712/?format=json","text_counter":58,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Mutambu","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":2462,"legal_name":"Joe Musyimi Mutambu","slug":"joe-musyimi-mutambu"},"content":"to inadequate rainfall; noting that these counties, however, receive seasonal rainfall, whose water can be harnessed and stored for irrigation; appreciating that the Government has invested heavily in National Youth Service in terms of machinery and technical training, this House urges the Government to consider engaging the labour force and machinery of the National Youth Service to construct earth-dams for harnessing water for irrigation with a view to enhancing food production and alleviating hunger among the residents of the said counties and other semi-arid regions of this country."}