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    "id": 885412,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/885412/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wetangula",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 210,
        "legal_name": "Moses Masika Wetangula",
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    "content": "without water? It tells us that our planning and our execution of development programs is flawed and that our governors are not rising to the occasion to save people even with the little money that they have. I would want to urge the Governor of Turkana and the governors of the affected areas to freeze and suspend their development programs so as to save human lives. I want to urge the National Assembly, that deals with allocation of resources, to allocate enough resources to send food to these counties. Maize is rotting in the silos of the National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB). President Moi should be given some credit for in his tenure, he built NCPB stores in the counties, except Tharaka Nithi, that came later. Therefore, storage is not a problem. You can take food to Wajir, Marsabit and Turkana because the NCPB stores are there. The army and the National Youth Service (NYS) have trucks that can carry these foods and the Government can hire trucks that can carry these foods. Why are we engaged in this act of gross negligence in the execution of our public affairs? As Kenyans, we have degenerated into engaging in very destructive politics of hurling insults at each other, abusing each other yet nobody is talking about Kenyans who are dying in their droves. This is a shame to our country. I want to urge the President to declare the hunger and famine that is going on a national disaster. As the Commander in Chief (C in C) of our forcers, I want him to order the deployment of the military and their equipment---"
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