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    "id": 640266,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/640266/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Prof.) Lonyangapuo",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 447,
        "legal_name": "John Krop Lonyangapuo",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to thank the Vice Chairman of the Committee on Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries. I also want to thank you for giving a directive yesterday afternoon that this Statement be issued today, having failed to be delivered in the last three weeks. I asked three questions. The first one was with regard to the food shortage in West Pokot County, but the Vice Chairman has gone into interesting details about the levels of food consumption and malnutrition. That is not what I asked. I asked whether the Chairman is aware that there is an acute shortage of food, noting that last year there was no rain in almost three-quarters of the county and as a result, no maize was harvested. There are 10 out of 20 wards that are in dire need. The Vice Chair has confirmed in his response that 20,000 people are in dire need, but he has gone further to talk about things that are not relevant. I wanted him to confirm that indeed, there is a shortage of food and people are hungry. He needs to come out clearly. Let him leave the issue of the levels of malnutrition. There are children that have not gone to school as a result of shortage of food. The Vice Chair has said that the Ministry is not aware of this, yet he has also told us that 20,000 people are affected. That means that some children are also included in the 20,000 people. Children are affected and not going to school. Does the Ministry not liaise with the Ministry of Education, so as to know the number of pupils missing in schools? Most schools in the boundary of West Pokot and Turkana are affected. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes"
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