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    "id": 60419,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/60419/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Raila",
    "speaker_title": "The Prime Minister",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 195,
        "legal_name": "Raila Amolo Odinga",
        "slug": "raila-odinga"
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    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, the hon. Member for Yatta was concerned about the impact of revolutions that are taking place in the Middle East and northern Africa on the cost of fuel and the general impact on our economy. I have said in the Statement that I think that this is a temporary effect, and that these events which are taking place in the Middle East are not going to be permanent. We therefore, do not think that the effects will be very long lasting. This is the first opportunity we have to express our solidarity with the people of Japan, following a very unfortunate event that has devastated the economy of that island. Experts say that the island has shifted by as much as four inches from its original position as a result of this earthquake and Tsunami . The loss is very devastating; grave indeed. Apart from loss of life, experts estimate that loss to property will be close to US$500 billion. So, we therefore, express our sympathy with the people of Japan. It is very hard at this moment in time to estimate how much that is going to affect our imports. Talking to the Ambassador of Japan yesterday, he believes that Japan has got the ability to deal with this issue, but members of the international community have expressed solidarity with Japan and have offered assistance in any way. Even we as a Government have offered to provide whatever little assistance we can give to Japan to help them to mitigate the impact of this very unfortunate incident. Mr. Speaker, Sir, as I have said, we have given instructions to line Ministries to come up with clear policy guidelines on how to deal with the impact of the situation that is evolving around us. This is one of the issues that we will take into consideration as we evolve that policy. Mr. M’Mithiaru and Mr. Yinda were concerned about the impact of drought and what mitigation measures the Government is likely to take to deal with this. There are short term, medium term and long term measures that we intend to take in order to deal with the issue of drought. We now know that it is a cycle that we are living in, because we know that as a result of the climate change, we now have the twin sisters of El Nino and La Nina. The El Nino comes with heavy rain that is associated with flooding that destroys property, lives and so on. When it leaves, it invites its twin sister"
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