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    "id": 620746,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/620746/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ngikor",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Nicholas Ngikor Nixon",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker, for giving me this chance, so that I contribute to this very important Motion. I want to start by mentioning the issue of putting up offices all over the country which my colleagues have raised. We need to go back to the mandate of the Authority, which is management of drought. When we talk of drought, there are areas in this country which are affected by it. When we talk of this Authority being given mandate to deal with drought, it ties with what the Mediation Committee agreed on. They were trying to make us understand the mandate of the Authority in drought management in those areas. When we talk about this Authority, we talk about planning, information and reports that deal with drought. So, it makes no sense to have offices in the entire country. The information that we are going to get about drought is found in the drought-prone areas. It is better for us to talk about the Authority being the one that will give this country the right information on drought affecting the prone areas. We should also give this Authority a budget to deal with drought in the drought-prone areas. When we talk about offices being put up all over the country, we cannot talk about tea. We cannot say that we need to open tea offices in the entire country because we need to have those offices. It makes no sense. So, it is good for us to be specific when we contribute on this. The offices will be based where information about drought will be good for planning for the country. When we get information for planning and preparedness, it will give the country direction. I support this Motion that offices should be opened in drought-prone counties and should even be extended to sub-counties and other smaller units, so that information can be accessed. We should not just rush there and ask where we are going to start and what we are going to do. We will have information because the offices are there other than having the office here in Nairobi alone. It is good for us to have the offices down there, so that information will be available anytime when there is drought or any other phenomenon which affects the people from those drought-prone areas. We should not have offices all over which are not functional."
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