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    "id": 990425,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/990425/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Dullo",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Dullo Fatuma Adan",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, mine will be brief. As I support this Statement, I really sympathise with the people of Kisumu County. It is pathetic that year in, year out, we talk of floods and droughts. Whenever it rains, we run around saying that we have floods. When the rains go, we run around saying that we have drought. We do not even have a strategy as a country. We should be harvesting the rainwater that is causing havoc. I have a similar situation in my county. The people of Iresaboru and Gaharsa are experiencing floods. Those poor people do not have homes, but nobody is caring at all. Secondly, I remember well that in the previous Senate, we set aside Kshs2 billion under the National Drought Management Authority (NDMA). Simply because the regulation is not there, it is not operational. Maybe we need the relevant Committee of the House to follow up and find out what happened and how we can operationalise that budget. Thirdly, the committees should be active right now, trying to see how we can solve the challenges facing our country. Our basket is now full with the COVID-19. We have forgotten about other challenges Kenyans are facing. It is something our people will blame us for. We need to make sure that the committees are running so that we can help our people and solve the current challenges we are facing as a country."
}