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    "id": 1183472,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1183472/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mandera South, UDM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Abdul Haro",
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    "content": "According to some studies, only 20 per cent of our population owns about 65 per cent of arable land in this country. This is gross inequality and it is something that needs to be looked at. Hon. Temporary Speaker, food production is a question we are grappling with right now. We had a heated debate here on genetically modified maize and Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) yesterday. All of that was because of this cardinal question about food insecurity which also translates to nutrition insecurity for our people. We need land for food production. If individuals hold huge chunks of land, some holding up to 500,000 acres of land, then it means we will be left with very small fragmented pieces of land which are not even enough for families to have kitchen gardens in this country. So, I strongly support this Motion. I thank Hon. Wanyonyi for bringing it up at this juncture. It is timely and most welcome. It goes far in terms of making us realise and brings our attention back to Article 68(c) of the Constitution which provides for the minimum and maximum capping of the acreages of land an individual can hold. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker for giving me the time to contribute."
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