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    "id": 594264,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/594264/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Memusi",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Elijah Memusi Kanchory",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity to add to the voices of my colleagues in supporting the National Drought Management Authority Bill. Drought is as a result of lack of proper planning. We know that the poverty levels in this country are on the rise every year. There is ravaging drought that is persistently impoverishing our people each year. Countries like Egypt and Israel are semi- deserts, and yet they export their produce to this country. Communities that depend on livestock, for example, the Maasai lose hundreds of livestock worth hundreds of millions of shillings every year. We, as leaders, in trying to come up with offices that people can go to and get help from both the national and county governments is the way to go. I do not see a problem with the issue of establishing offices in every county. This is because if we have offices in each county, we are in the spirit of devolution and bringing services closer to the people. So, I support this Bill and urge my colleagues to support it because as a country we need to think about the livelihood of our people. Thank you."
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