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    "id": 67245,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/67245/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Mudavadi",
    "speaker_title": "The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Local Government",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 84,
        "legal_name": "Wycliffe Musalia Mudavadi",
        "slug": "musalia-mudavadi"
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I recently made a tour of parts of Eastern and North Eastern counties to assess the negative effects of the droughts currently ravaging parts of the country. The worst affected larger districts include Garissa, Marsabit, Isiolo, Tana River, Tharaka, Wajir, Mandera, West Pokot, Samburu, Baringo, Kajiado, Makueni, Kwale, Kilifi and Turkana. The Government’s response to the drought crisis is being co-ordinated by the Crisis Response Centre (CRC) and the National Disaster Operation Centre (NDOC). The CRC and the NDOC carry out frequent assessments of the drought situation on the ground, design mitigation measures and co-ordinate the interventions by various Government partners. Most parts of the country received depressed rains, while other parts received no rains at all, resulting in some severe scarcity of pasture, food and water. The pasture available in some areas will not last beyond February, 2011. Distances to water and pasture sources have increased resulting in human and livestock migrations. Water prices have increased. For example, in Marsabit, a 20 litre jerrican is retailing at Kshs50 compared to the normal price of Kshs10. There is massive migration of livestock in search of pastures and water. Livestock deaths mainly as a result of lack of water in dry grazing areas have also been reported."
}