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    "id": 1179427,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mogotio, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kiborek Reuben",
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    "content": " Thank you Hon. Speaker. I also stand to support the policy because agriculture is one of the main pillars of the economy of this country. It is facing a lot of challenges from climate change, change of weather patterns and rain patters, which has really affected agriculture. It also faces continuous low allocation of budget, low number of young people venturing into agriculture because they see it as for the old people and not fashionable. Agriculture comprises almost 80 per cent of the land mass of this country. That really depends on agriculture. From Mbalambala all the way to Busia to Lamu, people depend on agriculture. It is a serious business to invest in agriculture in this country. We should relook at policies and always improve them so that it becomes profitable to the people who are venturing in it. I stand here to support the policy as a way of helping the people at the bottom of the economy towards improving agriculture. From extension officers, budgetary allocation, pest control and putting more energy into agriculture so that it improves the economy and affects so many people at the bottom of the economy to be able to enable them to move up the ladder to a country of self-sufficiency in terms of food and economy and not relying on relief or donor food or GMOs. If we do not invest and improve the policies on agriculture, we will end up relying on importation and sometimes having crises like we are having now because of lack of food. However, if we improve the economy through improving policies touching on agriculture, we will be able to improve this economy and will be able to allow our people to make money out of agriculture. It will become easy to govern the country, which has sufficient food and people have money. Thank you for giving me this opportunity."
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