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    "id": 1048850,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1048850/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mwangi",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 75,
        "legal_name": "Ephraim Mwangi Maina",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. It is interesting to hear that there is a ban on planting maize because of insecurity. I think that the security forces need to think a little harder. This cannot be a reason, and it is not at all acceptable. They should investigate the areas that suffer from insecurity. Some of those security officers are themselves causes of insecurity. They have been arrested for causing insecurity in some areas. Therefore, we do not expect the Government that we serve and love to tell us that the people of North Rift should not plant maize because of insecurity. Criminals will commit crime in open areas. They do not need maize plantations to do criminal activities. If there is no food, that will cause insecurity because when people get hungry, they will break into people's houses. They will arm themselves and turn into thieves. That will be an even bigger insecurity issue than the maize. The security officers need to pull up their socks and think of how they are going to end insecurity in that area. People need maize. In some areas, particularly in Nyanza Region, if you do not give somebody ugali that is made out of maize, he will ask for food even if he has already eaten other food. If we do not grow maize, we will cause bigger problems in this country than the insecurity that the planation can cause. We have enough police officers in this country. If they are not enough, the Government can employ more to ensure that those people are secure and are provided with security. Maize plantations should not be an excuse. Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker."
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