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    "id": 930550,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/930550/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Siaya CWR, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr.) Christine Ombaka",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Christine Oduor Ombaka",
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    "content": "When there are floods people do not have enough food because the crops that are planted get swept away, homes get washed away and people go without food. So, it is not only when there is drought. In my view, you need to add floods and other disasters that may affect us. I support this Bill and believe that when an authority of this nature is created or established, then credible people should run it because they know that people suffer. They know the pain of citizens so that whatever resources they have to support suffering people, will be distributed fairly across counties so that there is efficiency and protection of food that we have, there is total control and distribution is fairly done. I am not too sure whether adding an authority … That is another side of this argument as to whether we are creating so many authorities when we are trying to minimise them, we are trying to merge some and remove some because of the wage bill. It is quite another area to look at. Can we look at other authorities that may do the same thing and avoid duplication? Those are the sensitive areas when we are talking about the wage bill, trying to minimise the number of authorities or commissions that we have. Are we creating another burden to the people of Kenya? It is something to think about. This is a good move and a way to mitigate drought in this country. We will reduce the level of dependency syndrome that we have on other countries. We need to be self-reliant and support our own people through our own authority. Otherwise, I support this vehemently because of the perennial suffering of the Kenyan people when it comes to drought."
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