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    "id": 887531,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/887531/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kiminini, FORD-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr.) Chris Wamalwa",
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        "id": 1889,
        "legal_name": "Chrisantus Wamalwa Wakhungu",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. It is an embarrassment that this country cannot feed its people. One of the cardinal responsibilities of a Government it to ensure the security of its citizens, more importantly food security. Allow me to underscore Article 43 of the Constitution, which is very clear. It talks about the right of every Kenyan to clean water and food security. We have heard about the Big Four Agenda, and top on that agenda is food security. We are not yet food secure. Is this public relation by the Government or is it really committed when it comes to matters of food security? “Madam Speaker”, I come from Trans Nzoia County where there is plenty of food even now. The Government has not even made any attempt to buy that food. A bag of maize is going for Kshs1,500. We know that 2.5 per cent of the budget that goes to the counties is supposed to take care of emergencies. It is very unfortunate that famine has hit Turkana where we have oil and many other good things. Yesterday, I listened to Governor Nanok and I was very embarrassed. Turkana County is number two when it comes to allocation of county money. It gets about Kshs12 billion every year. More importantly, there is the 2.5 per cent. The CEO of the Disaster Management Authority said that people are dying not as a result of drought, but as a result of diseases. I do not know which school he went to. In situations where there is drought and there is no water, people die from water-borne diseases. The dirty water that people have been drinking in Turkana causes dysentery and cholera. “Madam Speaker”, those diseases are associated with drought. I do not know where that gentleman came from, “Madam Speaker”."
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