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    "id": 930481,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/930481/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Central Imenti, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Moses Kirima",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13317,
        "legal_name": "Moses Nguchine Kirima",
        "slug": "moses-nguchine-kirima-2"
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    "content": "Meru County never used to be considered for anything to do with hardship. Now it features in hardship and drought areas. Meru used to be ignored totally because it is next to Mount Kenya. It used to be taken that there is adequate rain. You know, with rain, there is plenty of food. All other working environments also used to be conducive. However, if you go to that area now, you will appreciate that it is so much drought-stricken that we are now begging for food the way people in North-Eastern and Turkana regions of this country used to beg. It is very necessary for us to establish a fund for drought mitigation so that when drought strikes, instead of asking the national Government to set aside some money for that purpose, affected communities can be assisted with food and water, together with their livestock, to sustain them until the situation improves. That is how it has been in Maasailand. When there is drought, animals are bought by the national Government. In Hon. ole Sankok’s area, they forced the Government to buy dying cows because there was drought. We must have this fund established so that every part of Kenya can benefit when it comes to drought and it is very necessary. Narok and Kajiado are among such places. Meru must also be included in the list of Narok and Kajiado. The snow in Mount Kenya melted a long time ago. Rivers have dried up. You have heard of the communities living in that area fighting now and then because of drought. I support this Bill because it is necessary that we consider almost every Kenyan, other than those who are blessed enough to live in urban areas, as victims of drought. Due to climate change, leading to rivers drying up as a consequence of snow on mountain caps melting, among other factors, communities in rural areas have experienced a lot of changes in their livelihoods. All of them are now becoming victims of drought. We must find a solution to drought. With persistent drought, children will not be going to schools, especially in Meru County come next term. A solution, in the form of the proposal before the House, must be found. With those few remarks, I support the Bill."
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