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    "id": 930498,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/930498/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mwea, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Josphat Kabinga",
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        "id": 13441,
        "legal_name": "Josphat Kabinga Wachira",
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    "content": "I want to also take note that even as we talk about disasters and droughts in the historically known areas and counties…. One of the speakers before me mentioned that our country has changes because of climate change. Some of the areas that we thought were food- sufficient are now starting to face problems from time to time. I look forward to the operationalisation of the rules and regulations that will guide this fund so that they can also cover the areas that are not historically known to be disaster prone. In the same way, some of the counties that are known to have enough rainfall and food, we have pockets of areas that suffer a lot from drought but because they are included in the county that is not in the list of the 14 drought-prone counties, those areas continue to suffer. It is a high time the secretary who will be in charge of this fund, once we approve it in this House, opens up and starts looking at some of these pockets of areas where people are suffering. As we talk right now, one of my areas which is a location called South Ngariama is undergoing a drought but because we are not known to have drought in Kirinyaga County, people will not attend to it. Therefore, as I support this fund, I hope that its management and the subsidiary regulations that will follow the approval of this particular Bill will be careful to not only look at the 14 counties but also look at those areas that are expected to be self-sufficient but because of climate change and other factors are now starting to witness drought."
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