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    "id": 1219729,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1219729/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Westlands, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Tim Wanyonyi",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I also want to comment on forced disappearances. A forced disappearance is not just an isolated act. It is well-designed and orchestrated by people who are paid by some influential people. Sometimes it has happened even in… It borders on terrorism. Many people have disappeared and their bodies have been found in River Yala. The police have never conducted or concluded investigations into those disappearances. We need to criminalise forced disappearances and put legislation in place so that Kenyans are protected. One of the primary roles of the Government is to protect Kenyans. We need to address that area. On the issue of food security, I recently listened to the speech by the President of Zimbabwe who highlighted how Zimbabwe has managed to secure itself foodwise and the plans they came up with. We have those same plans. If we implement all the pieces of legislation that we have come up with, we can be food-secure as a country. The Government must be serious about it because Kenyans are suffering. We are using a lot of our foreign exchange to import food when Kenya is capable of producing enough food to feed its people. The Government must also buy food from farmers. Farmers produce food, some of which rots in farms. We then find that the same Government is importing food when farmers are stuck with food in their farms. If we do this, we will be able to feed our people. Thank you, Hon. Speaker."
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