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    "id": 887517,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/887517/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Jackson Lekumontare (",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Lentoi Joni L Jackson Lekumontare",
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    "content": "Samburu East, KANU): Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I want to take this opportunity to contribute to this Motion. Drought in our constituencies, counties and the whole of Kenya is real. If our people do not have food and water, then it is a very embarrassing situation. As a man or head of your family, you will be unable to defend them in such circumstances. You will watch your children die since you can do nothing about it. It is only the Government which should come in and save the situation. I do not want to really associate this with the dam scandals and all that but the people of Samburu East whom I represent are suffering from drought. It is real. Children are not able to go to school. Insecurity is rampant because of movement of people. The Government should act very quickly. This is because even if it rains today, it will take some months for people to start growing food to eat. Education has also been affected because of this. Children are not able to continue with their learning because there is neither security nor food. How will their lives be? It is very important for us to know that a big population of Kenyans is suffering. The Government has a responsibility to remedy this situation. It is not only an issue of county governments. The Government has a responsibility to protect and feed Kenyans. We cannot say no one has died while we watch people die. It is a reality and we want the Government to take food to the people otherwise we may not even have people to represent here because of that drought. People have started to die like cows are doing. This is a serious matter. We want the Government to respond quickly and save lives because our people are suffering. Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker, I support."
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