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"speaker_name": "Mr. Raila",
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"content": "which then comes and takes over. That is associated with long spells of drought again visiting a lot of destruction to our economy. Mr. Speaker, Sir, one of the short-term measures is to deal with the issue of providing food, medicine and clothing to the people who are affected by flooding and also by drought. Again, we have done better than at any other time in the history of this country. Hon. Members from areas which have been affected by drought will attest to this. We have taken measures to ensure that food is available to all these people who are affected. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the medium and long term measures is to come up with interventions, first, to deal with flooding, create facilities that will help to mitigate the flooding. The hon. Member for Budalangâi, which is one of the areas that is prone to flooding, can testify that adequate measures have been taken to deal with that. We have given provision to the Ministry of Water and Irrigation for construction of dams for harvesting of rain water so that when it rains very heavily, we are able to harvest this water and store it for future use, so that when La Nina comes, there is sufficient water for human and animal consumption and for irrigation of land."
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