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    "speaker_name": "Mr. James Maina Kamau",
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        "legal_name": "James Maina Kamau",
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    "content": "The other thing the President talked about is agriculture; we all know that it the mainstay of this country. We had a problem here, especially with our dairy farmers who were not able to deliver their milk because there were no facilities. I believe some people in that troubled ministry did not do their job. In other words, they slept on the job. I believe we have strategists in this Ministry who should have known that every time after a long drought comes heavy rains and with this comes a lot of food. I do not see why they could not foresee that there would be plenty of food for animals and likewise, they would produce a lot of milk. It is very disheartening to our farmers. In other countries, we have situations where the Government takes responsibility for excess food; instead of throwing that food to the dogs, it is bought by the Government. That way, the farmers are cushioned and given encouragement to produce next time. So, that issue should be checked and the Government should wake up and make sure that farmers do not suffer any other time in this country. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we have had a lot of problems in this country. I would like to commend the President for the kind of development we are having in this country, especially on the roads but we are not able to get all we need. In some stations especially in my area, we have a road whose construction was stopped by the Ministry for reasons we do not know. They did not even bother to explain to us whether the funds were finished or not. A contractor started that road but he abandoned it after doing only two kilometers. We have not been told exactly what happened. The Ministry responsible for construction of that road should come and explain to my constituents exactly what happened with regard to this road. On the issue of water, I know the Government is doing all it can but unfortunately, water is not being supplied countrywide. There are some areas that are being favoured while others go without water. I do not understand why this is the case because we have a Ministry that is supposed to handle this matter. If those issues handled properly, this Government will not have any problem. Again, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, there is also the question of food security. We have suffered before and I do not see why our people should suffer when we have people who are trained to ensure that this problem is taken care of. We have areas that are not being used. I would request the Government to make use of the land that is not being used to produce food so that we have enough food for our people rather than keeping idle land. I support the Motion."
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