Entry Instance

HTTP 200 OK
Allow: GET, PUT, PATCH, DELETE, HEAD, OPTIONS
Content-Type: application/json
Vary: Accept

{
    "id": 1183857,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1183857/?format=api",
    "text_counter": 265,
    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Tobiko",
    "speaker_title": "",
    "speaker": null,
    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise to support the Motion by Sen. Gataya Mo Fire. It is coming at the right time when the country is facing a very difficult situation of drought and climate change. It is coming at a time when everywhere in this country and maybe even around the globe, everybody is talking about food security and food scarcity. I congratulate Sen Gataya Mo Fire for bringing a very timely Motion. This is about food production; food security and Agriculture holistically. It is not just crop farming but also livestock farming which at the moment is threatened. Right now, I believe we have lost around three quarters of our livestock. This is the right time for Kenyans in this topic. It is not just the leadership, or the Senate, not the Executive but every Kenyan should be engaged on how to make Kenya food secure. Currently, more that 4 billion Kenyans are facing starvation because of the drought. I agree with Sen. Gataya Mo Fire that our counties should be thinking very seriously and putting policies in place that will make our counties food secure and enhance food production. The national Government should also be thinking about subsidising production and not consumption. We should be thinking about value addition on all livestock products and farm produce. I know the Kenya Kwanza Government, before the General Election went around the country engaging all communities and all counties in economic forums. There was a fair participation by wananchi on what they wanted to see happening. Today, what is being proposed by the Kenya Kwanza Government is what the"
}