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    "id": 887437,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/887437/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "North Horr, FAP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Chachu Ganya",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 18,
        "legal_name": "Francis Chachu Ganya",
        "slug": "francis-ganya"
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for the opportunity to support this very important Motion. I commend my friends and colleagues who saw it fit to call for this very critical Motion. Drought is affecting over 13 counties in our country. Nine other counties are on high alert and over 3.4 million Kenyans are directly or indirectly affected. Over half a million children are not in school today or are not able to go to school due to lack of food, water and other reasons that affect the livelihood of their families. It is time we call for decent emergency intervention. Resources need to be mobilised. We heard yesterday that Kshs28 billion is being mobilised. That amount is being set aside for effective intervention. Drought is all about effective intervention. It is about life and death. If we do not intervene in record time, we will spend our entire time going through bureaucratic procurement processes. You are not moving food from the green belt of this country to those counties that are highly-deserving. Kenyans will be affected. Many more will starve and others will be in a dire situation. Key interventions are required urgently. Strategic boreholes and other water facilities need to be maintained and rehabilitated very fast, and food aid needs to be availed to the affected communities. We need health outreach programmes and enhancement of medical supply to the affected areas in all these counties. In addition, the peace building initiative to manage likely conflict that will occur from resource-related conflict must be managed. This is why we need serious interventions and support from our security agents and other leaders in those counties. In most ASAL counties, livestock is the main livelihood. That is why animal health services are highly encouraged. They should be implemented very fast to cushion these pastoralists or herders against potential losses of their livestock. If they perish, these people will not have a livelihood anymore. They will be living on handouts and food aids for the rest of their lives. We must avoid this."
}