{"id":700577,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/700577/?format=json","text_counter":89,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. Wetangula","speaker_title":"The Senate Minority Leader","speaker":{"id":210,"legal_name":"Moses Masika Wetangula","slug":"moses-wetangula"},"content":" Mr. Speaker, Sir, thank you. The weathermen have said that there is going to be prolonged drought in the country. Even in the traditional rain-secure areas, we also have very severe pockets of very harsh climate, dry zones and sometimes even semi-arid and arid areas. In bringing a Statement, I would want to ask the Chairperson not to limit himself to the counties enumerated by the distinguished Senator for Tana River County but to give us a whole country profile on where there is severe water stress and its impact on the population. I know places like Kieni Constituency in Nyeri County is an Arid and Semi- Arid Land (ASAL). I know ---"}