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    "id": 981536,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/981536/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kiminini, FORD-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr.) Chris Wamalwa",
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        "legal_name": "Chrisantus Wamalwa Wakhungu",
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    "content": "be able to eliminate the locusts. Locusts come to destroy. They destroy everything that is green. I am told they have reached Kisumu. On the way to Kisumu using the plane, I was told that some landed in the Rift Valley in Kericho. They will come to Kitale, the food basket of this country. When we talk about food security, this is a serious matter. When I listened to the Cabinet Secretary in charge of Agriculture saying that this is a matter that should not be declared a national disaster, I was shocked. Why must you declare it a national disaster? This is so that you can mobilise resources for purposes of trying to control the spread of the locusts. Already we have been told that they are in almost 50 per cent of the counties in the country and in terms of geographical coverage, it is almost 75 per cent. This is, indeed, a serious matter and we are calling upon His Excellency the President as the chief executive officer of this country. This is no longer a laughing matter. It is not an issue of saying that the locusts have reached their lifespan and that at the end of their lifespan, they are doing to die. We are told in terms of multiplication they produce in hundreds. Tomorrow they will even come to Parliament. This is the time we should not wait. This matter should be declared a national disaster like yesterday and we must move with speed to mobilise resources to counter this matter. It is not a laughing matter at all."
}