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    "id": 719333,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/719333/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Abong’otum",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 165,
        "legal_name": "Asman Abongutum Kamama",
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    "content": "reports from Baringo indicating that Tiaty is facing a lot of challenges. It is true. Almost all the dams have dried up. Boreholes have also dried up because of high temperatures. These are very unpredictable situations. Something needs to be done. We need to come up with a comprehensive policy of dealing with droughts. I must thank the Government for sending two Ministers, the Minister for Water and Irrigation, Hon. Eugene Wamalwa, and the Minister for Devolution and Planning, who came to the aid of the people of Tiaty. As I speak, something is being done. We need to up our game to ensure that people get water and food. I thank the Red Cross Society, under the leadership of Abbas Gullet, the Secretary-General, who last time came up with the “Kenyans for Kenyans” campaign for food. I admit that Tiaty Constituency got a dam that costs about Kshs100 million. That is the water resource that is saving our people right now. We need to borrow a lot and benchmark with the Israelites. They are saying that they were given brains by the Almighty God, but they do not need to consult God all the time. They must therefore use their brains to solve their problems that have to do with food and water. Israel is dry like Tiaty Constituency, Turkana County and Samburu, but the Israelites are able to predict the weather pattern. We also need to learn from Europe, where you are given a weather programme for one or two weeks. You will know that it is going to rain on Friday. You, therefore, plan your trip for Monday because the weather is predictable. For us, we have not really used our Meteorological Department very well. Therefore, we need to revamp it and make sure that it effectively tells people the truth. The Meteorological Department is not doing much. Therefore, we need to declare the current drought a national disaster. I call upon all our friends in the international community to come to our aid. We need supplements for children, so that we do not lose them. We need to introduce the school feeding programme to feed school-going children, so that parents can move with their children to far-flung places in search of water."
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