{"id":823469,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/823469/?format=json","text_counter":214,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Kilifi North, ODM","speaker_title":"Hon. Owen Baya","speaker":{"id":13373,"legal_name":"Owen Yaa Baya","slug":"owen-yaa-baya"},"content":"National Drought Management Authority (NDMA) in 2017 show that drought affected the coconut tree a lot and many of the trees had their crowns collapse. Therefore, the coconut tree became a trunk and no longer a tree. It died with the drought. If you go to Kilifi County today, you will realise that over 450,000 coconut trees were affected by the drought and are dead."}