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    "id": 67626,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/67626/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Ethuro",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 158,
        "legal_name": "Ekwee David Ethuro",
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    "content": "and the state of preparedness by the State on how to respond to drought. The Ministry of State for Development Northern Kenya and Other Arid Lands has drought monitoring officers who issue bulletins known as Drought Early Warning Systems (DEWS). The Government has the information on the status of drought situation on monthly basis. What is the response to those warnings? That is why I can say without fear of contradiction that the Executive has gone to sleep. They are mismanaging the drought the way they are mismanaging the IDPs. Where is the Minister of State for Special Programmes? We have a very insensitive Minister. When decisions are made at the DSG level on the lead agencies to distribute relief food, the Minister and her staff sit in Nairobi and decide which organizations are good for us. We just got a new Constitution the other day. Section 43 of the new Constitution is very clear on social and economic rights. That food cannot only be provided, but must be provided in adequate quantities. For a Government to issue directives that you minimize livestock herds---! Who do you minimize? Which ones do you lose and which ones do you retain? We have maize farmers in the bread basket of this country such as Uasin Gishu and Trans Nzoia suffering, including the Minister for Forestry and Wildlife, coming here to take over our jobs, when he should be telling us what to do. This is impunity."
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