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    "id": 980136,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/980136/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wambua",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13199,
        "legal_name": "Enoch Kiio Wambua",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. When I was preparing to come for the morning session with the Cabinet Secretary (CS), I had received information that he had dispatched two Principal Secretaries to represent him. By the time I was getting into the Chamber, I saw a letter saying that he was not going to attend and the Principal Secretaries would also not attend the session. The reason given was that the CS was attending a committee meeting of the Cabinet to prepare for a summit. What a shame that as the country suffers a serious invasion of locusts, a matter that is actually a threat to the existence of our people, the person who is supposed to give direction and guidance is seated in a meeting to discuss a summit. When I made that Statement last week - that is when I prepared it - very few counties were suffering this menace. As we speak today, I am told that the latest invasion is happening in Kericho County, and nobody knows where these locusts are heading to. When the Senator of Samburu stands on the Floor of the House and says that in Samburu County there are 34 swarms of locusts and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has confirmed that one swarm in one day consumes food that would be consumed by 35,000 people. This is a disaster! I would dare say that as a leader and a citizen of this country, I feel so bad that the President of the Republic of Kenya has not issued a Statement on this matter."
}