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    "id": 981741,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/981741/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Murkomen",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Majority Leader",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 440,
        "legal_name": "Onesimus Kipchumba Murkomen",
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    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to thank Sen. Wambua, who has explained the tragedy that is befalling the country with regard to the matter of locusts. This is a very serious matter that many people believe cost a Cabinet Secretary (CS) his job, by asking citizens to take pictures of the locusts and report. However, even after our friend Mr. Kiunjuri told us to take pictures of the locusts – over which I did not see any harm - the Cabinet Secretary who is now in office has declared unequivocally that there is no threat as far as the locusts are concerned. He said that the locusts are getting old and they will die. Therefore, Kenyans should not worry about them. I hope that the Chairperson of the Committee is here. I have watched the video where the Cabinet Secretary, Mr. Munya, said that over and over again, just to be sure. This is because Mr. Munya is a man who has a Masters Degree in Law. He was a former lecturer at Moi University, a former Assistant Minister, a governor and now a Cabinet Secretary. He has declared that we should not worry about locusts, so I do not know how Sen. Wambua is telling us that it is a threat now. What qualification does he have to tell us that it is a threat, when the Cabinet Secretary has clearly said that there is no threat? That they will simply get old and die? Mr. Speaker, Sir, when this Statement was issued, many Kenyans were shocked. I was with the Senator of Kisumu. We were having lunch together today and we saw a 411 saying that locusts have invaded Migori and they are going to destroy sugar and rice plantations. When the Senator for Kisumu County expressed his fears, I told him not to worry because the locusts will die of old age."
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