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    "id": 104555,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/104555/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Ogindo",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Martin Otieno Ogindo",
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    "content": "I also want to say something about roads. In tandem with the recent reforms in the roads department where we today have the Kenya National Highways; the KURA and the KERA, I think it is now important that from now on, Treasury is better of releasing money directly to these Authorities so that we do not have to go through the bureaucracy of going through the Ministry of Roads. The other issue I want to talk about is agriculture. I want to congratulate the Minister here, that the Government’s initiative this financial year where they decided to engage in extensive irrigation, I think, we are beginning to see dividends. As such, it is important that these efforts be intensified so that we can secure our food security. We need to secure our food security by way of production not by way of setting aside money for imports. The amount of money that we spent on imports--- It is true that when irrigation was tried in Ukambani, yields were realized. One more important thing there is that, in the Ukambani/Coast areas, the maturity period of the products there is much lower than our traditional granaries like Kitale and Eldoret. To that extent, I want to urge that the farms there be expanded and the water reservoir there expanded if we are to have food security. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, regarding education, I want to say that, indeed, Kenya has done well but this is one area that we have not got value for money. I have said time and again here"
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