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    "id": 930569,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/930569/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Wajir East, WDM-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Rashid Kassim",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Rashid Kassim Amin",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me an opportunity to give my contributions to this very important amendment on the National Drought Management Act. Drought has been recurrent and it is a problem that we have had in the ASAL districts of this country. Nearly 80 per cent of Kenya is affected. The arid and semi-arid areas are affected mostly by drought. Drought has a recurrence of about three years. Every three years, we are exposed to big disasters in our communities and in our regions. Basically, you will find a huge population is displaced from one place to another. The strategy that used to exist in the past in terms of movement of animals from one place to another has been curtailed. The elasticity of people has been seriously affected by drought. The livelihood of the people has also been affected. This tends to erode the entire livelihood and the basic resources of The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
}