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    "id": 116362,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/116362/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Kaino",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 32,
        "legal_name": "Boaz Kipchumba Kaino",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to move the following Motion:- THAT, considering that the country relies on rain fed agriculture for food production; aware that rainfall is inadequate and unreliable; appreciating the need to ensure that all households can reliably and affordably access basic food items; aware that Government has put in place measures to develop and revitalize various irrigation projects which had collapsed; this House resolves that the Ministry of Agriculture in collaboration with the Ministry of Water and Irrigation move to set up small holder irrigation schemes of at least 2,000 acres in all constituencies where applicable so as to facilitate food crop production. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, Kenya is a very wonderful country. It is endowed with a lot of resources. We have a lot of rivers, dams and lakes. After many years of Independence, this country still relies on rain fed agriculture. This Motion is very important and the House should pass it, so that we can start small holder irrigation schemes in every constituency to relieve the sufferings of our people who are dying from hunger and starvation in various parts of the country. Recently, I went round this country as the Chairman of the Select Committee on Cattle Rustling and I saw a lot of people who are suffering. We went to Samburu, Garissa, Tana River and many other areas where"
}