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    "id": 1113234,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Molo, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kuria Kimani",
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        "legal_name": "Francis Kuria Kimani",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity. Congratulations to the former Leader of the Majority Party, Hon. Aden Duale, for bringing this Motion. I would like to quote one Doug Ose, who once said that “safe, affordable and plentiful supply of food is a national security issue.” So, the issue that is before us – the issue of food scarcity in this country – is not just an issue of food; it is not just about eating; it is a security issue. You can see a positive correlation between the controversial voting and the debate that we have just had about the same area. When there is drought, we expect that there will be lack of peace, culminating in inter-clan wars and conflicts. Also, you will see an upsurge of crime. When people are not full, it definitely becomes an issue of survival. So, people have to do everything they can to make sure that they get food. It is quite unfortunate that in my constituency, which is Molo, we were a month ago giving potatoes, carrots and cabbages to cows, donkeys, sheep and goats because it was not worthy doing this farming. A gunia or what we call a bag of potatoes was retailing at about Kshs300. For you to harvest that bag and sell it at Kshs300, you would need to pay the person helping you to harvest – that – labourer Kshs200. Technically, you were left with only Kshs100 to recoup your cost of labour, seeds, fertilisers and for having to wait for those potatoes to ripen over a period of around three, four or five months. We throw foodstuffs to animals in one part of the country, while people in other parts of the country die of hunger, yet we have a Government. In fact, we do not just have a Government; we have both the county governments and the national Government. I am wondering what should be the actual solution to this situation. I have had the privilege of visiting some of these places in North Horr and Marsabit, and it was very interesting to see an airtime The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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