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    "id": 981533,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/981533/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Turkana South, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. James Lomenen",
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        "legal_name": "James Lomenen Ekomwa",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity. It is comical that many people are still asking where the locusts are. Locusts have been there for almost one-and-a- half years. So, we are asking for a solution and not complaining. Therefore, we should reason together and ensure that we silence them forever. I am wondering because the national Government has not yet declared this phenomenon a national disaster. Our safety will only be ensured when locusts invade Nairobi. When they see locusts in offices, they will become serious. It takes time for Kenyans to save one another. Every time it is reported that locusts have invaded a certain area, nobody takes it seriously. When there is too much rain or drought, nobody takes it seriously. I do not know how many locusts the Government expects to invade Kenya so that they can become serious. Last Saturday, I saw swarms of locusts yet we are crying of traffic jam. Suppose there were locusts in the traffic jam, what would we say? This is a serious issue and it should be handled while we cry. Sincerely speaking, as pastoralists, we depend on pasture for our animals. But the locusts feed on grass. So, they have been competing with our goats and sheep. For how long will we wait for a solution? All the time we think of educating our children, but do not mention that locusts are dangerous insects. We have seen politicians busy with the BBI, t angatanga, kieleweke and others, but I have not seen any politician taking the issue of locust invasion seriously. Maybe after solving this issue, they will form a party called locusts. I think Members of this House should become serious. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker."
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