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    "id": 103275,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/103275/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Affey",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 381,
        "legal_name": "Mohammed Abdi Affey",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, you can imagine that in the whole of northern Kenya, there is no single research institution. If this was done in the 11 constituencies of North Eastern Province, then the Government will also be compelled to established research institutions in those areas to see what kind of crops do well there. We could as well grow many other crops but there is no possibility of knowing because there is no desire to irrigate the land or provide funds. That is why I request the Minister for Agriculture to consider the possibility of establishing many institutions of higher learning, particularly an institution that deals with desert science. We can establish a university that focuses on desert science so that we can understand what threat we face in the region and the country as a whole. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, we have spoken about these matters before. The Government has not measured to the threshold of 10 percent for the Maputo Declaration. If this is not done, then we have already fallen short of our own international obligations. We need to find money because the critical things are resources in order to do dams. The more dams you do even at a very small scale where 200 or 300 acres of land are irrigated using the dams has the potential to save the lives of people. We need to do this because the amount of water reservoir that we have, if only these boreholes can be utilized--- In fact, we have them already, but if we can be able to have people who"
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