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    "id": 701097,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/701097/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Wakhungu",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 1889,
        "legal_name": "Chrisantus Wamalwa Wakhungu",
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    "content": "We need Hon. Nooru in the next Parliament. Despite his advanced age, I would like to say he is a very active Member. I serve with him in the same Committee. We lose a lot of money in this country through corruption. We lose about Kshs. 400 billion yet Kenyans are starving. People are starving in North Eastern and Taita Taveta. It is the Government’s responsibility to ensure the security of its people. Food security is critical as far as security of Kenyans is concerned. We have wasted a lot of money in white elephant projects. We have been told about the Galana-Kulalu Irrigation Scheme. The Jubilee Government had a policy of irrigating one million hectares of land. We are almost going to the elections, how many hectares have so been irrigated to ensure food security? Despite several billions that have been invested in the Galana-Kulalu Irrigation Scheme, returns are negligible. God blessed the Uasin Gishu and Trans Nzoia counties in the North Rift with adequate rains and good soil. The Government should not miss priorities. They should go to those regions and invest. They should provide free fertilisers so that they can produce enough food that can be taken to other regions like the North Eastern so that people do not starve. Article 43(1) of the Constitution is very clear. The President and the Members of Parliament must defend our Constitution. Article 43(1) of the Constitution states:- “Every person has a right - (c) to be free from hunger, and to have adequate food of acceptable quality. (d) to clean and safe water in adequate quantities.” We have a lot of challenges as far as climate change is concerned. We must do a proper environmental impact analysis before any project is undertaken. Recently, we heard about the Murang’a Northern Tunnel. We are told that we are going to have disasters in future. We are demanding answers. We want to know if a proper environmental impact analysis was done in Murang’a. Are we just implementing projects for the sake of it? There are a lot of changes in the environment that contribute to climate change, and in the long run, they affect food production. In regions like Garissa where Hon. Duale comes from, if there is no water, all animals will die. I was happy to hear that the Jubilee was coming up with the insurance policy for these animals. How far is that policy? Is it just a policy on the paper or is it in place? We know that water is life. We should develop some strategies that will help us in ensuring that Kenyans will never starve. Recently, we saw a World Bank rating that placed Kenya on top. We cannot be a middle- income economy yet our people are starving. It is the responsibility of Government to ensure that it feeds its people. We should allocate more money to the authority that is responsible for mitigating drought so that Kenyans do not---"
}