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    "content": "I wish to report to the House that my office has received a petition from one Shadrack Agaki of Identification Card No. 27414999, a citizen with interest in the worrying state of food insecurity in the country. Hon. Members, the petitioner states that food insecurity continues to affect the lives of many Kenyans contrary to the spirit of Article 43 (1) (c) that obligate the State to ensure that every citizen is free from hunger and has adequate food of acceptable quantity and quality. Hon. Members, the petitioner is concerned that various policies, initiatives and programmes that have been implemented in an attempt to address food insecurity have been unsuccessful. He alludes to the fact that no significant efforts have been made to realise optimum yield in Kenya’s different ecological zones. The petitioner, therefore, prays that the National Assembly amends the Food Security Act with the aim of achieving a clear legal framework and coordination mechanism between the national and county governments in addressing food and nutritional insecurity in the country. Hon. Members, having established that the matter raised in the Petition is well within the authority of this House; and further, the matters raised in this Petition are not pending before any court of law, constitutional or legal body, I hereby commit the Petition to the Public Petitions Committee for consideration pursuant to Standing Order 208A. The Committee is required to consider the Petition and report its findings to the House and to the petitioner in accordance with Standing Order 227(2)."
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