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    "id": 981582,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/981582/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Turkana Central, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Lodepe Nakara",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "John Lodepe Nakara",
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    "content": "I agree with the speakers who have said that the national Government needs to intervene. It is because county governments may not have resources. This is a very big problem and if at all we are going to leave it to the county governments only to deal, they may not have the capacity to solve it. So, we need the CS of the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries to declare this a disaster. It is not shame to say, “I am defeated. I need assistance from outside”. That way, donors will come in. Donors can send experts to combat the insects. They can also give funds so that we try other means of solving the problem. The problem in African countries is that they do not accept when defeated until many lives are lost. I agree with the Member of Tharaka who has been seriously affected by the invasion of locusts. I know other Members are affected too. We should not use the situation to gain political mileage, for example, by making public pronouncements that we are able to stop the menace. This is about life and death of our people. Today, the price of livestock has gone very low in Turkana. You can now get a goat that used to fetch Kshs5,000 for Kshs2,500 only. It is because of these insects which have cleared all the green pasture. When our communities have no purchasing power they become vulnerable. Even the Government no longer distributes food to the hardship counties. That is another problem. So, these insects have added more problems to the people in those hardship counties. We need to take this issue seriously. As you have seen, Members are discussing it with heavy hearts. At the end of the day, our people come back to us their leaders and demand from us whenever they lose purchasing power. That also makes us poor. As much as we are trying to run away from the reality, we need to consider this to be a disaster then we look for ways and 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."
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