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    "id": 885496,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Prof.) Ongeri",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Samson Kegeo Ongeri",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I thank Sen. Wetangula for this Motion. Let me make it abundantly clear that people are, indeed, dying of hunger in Turkana County. Looking at their physical features and skin tenacity, as a doctor, I will tell you they have suffered from extreme malnutrition as a result of lack of food. We had on the table, early warning signs as early as October. The international community came in and gave those early warning signs. We have the Big Four Agenda under which one of them is food security. That is an equal alarm system which has been set. What I do not understand is a very sad story when you listen to the victims of this malnutrition in Turkana County telling their story, you feel like crying. It is unacceptable. When this early warning signs came in and people made numerous trips to Turkana County for various functions, they have not been able to even look around to see what is happening. Turkana County must be called to account why they have not utilised the equalisation fund, if for anything else, at least to make noise that we have an attendant problem which is likely to strike on our people; to give the national Government an understanding that this is an emergency that must be dealt with. Madam Temporary Speaker, yesterday, there was a statement from the Government. However, it was cosmetic. You cannot just say that the food security is The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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