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    "id": 930598,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/930598/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Makueni, WDM-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Daniel Maanzo",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Daniel Kitonga Maanzo",
        "slug": "daniel-kitonga-maanzo"
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    "content": "and the Government, through the National Drought Management Authority, to make sure that certain areas of the country are supplied with sufficient food when drought hits. Ordinarily, when there is no drought in the country, even Ukambani looks like Western Kenya, but when there is drought, you cannot find even a green leaf. Droughts are caused by climatic changes and we encourage Kenyans to plant trees. Members of Parliament should lead by example, especially through schools. The authorities concerned with growing seedlings should make sure that we increase forest cover in the country just like in America and many other places in the world. Hon. Peter Kenneth tried that in Gatanga. If you drive towards Murang’a, when going through Hon. Peter Kenneth’s constituency, now represented by Engineer Nduati, you will see an area with trees that looks almost like the American way of planting trees. The trees have changed the area. I believe if we plant many trees, we will reduce the speed of wind and we will get rainfall. Big dams change the ecological scenario of an area. In Makueni, we are doing the Thwake Dam and because it is near the Mbooni Hills, I am sure when moisture is picked there will be an increase in rainfall in that area. As a country, we can do more. We will make the work of the National Drought Management Authority easier and make sure no Kenyan dies of hunger."
}