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    "id": 796720,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/796720/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Josphat Wachira",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13441,
        "legal_name": "Josphat Kabinga Wachira",
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    "content": "I would like to speak on this Adjournment Motion specifically about some of the low level disasters that we have out there that go unnoticed. I say this knowing that we have large scale effects of the ongoing rains in Tana River and elsewhere but we also have some low level effects. In my constituency, we have settlement setups in form of villages and what we refer to as canals for rice growing. We have a lot of adverse effects from the ongoing rains and as we speak, I have an area in South Ngariama where more than 20 families have been displaced. We have areas called Wamumu, Kiandegwa, Siagini and Gaturi where families have been displaced. Because these are low level areas where people do not expect that we have these adverse effects from the ongoing rains, we normally do not get assistance when others do. I support this Motion and request that even as we look for solutions, we must also look at some of these areas. I am struggling with my emergency fund in the NG-CDF to see what I can do but that is not enough and I cannot help my constituents. So, I support and propose that we make a budget that we can be drawing from when we come to some of these effects of the rain as well as prepare ourselves and not wait until we do the fire fighting. I support."
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