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    "id": 1236456,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. M. Kajwang’",
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        "legal_name": "Moses Otieno Kajwang'",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I join you and the House to welcome the visiting delegation from the Republic of Zambia. While the Senator for Tana River County was doing a similar feat, he made an appeal on behalf of his sons. Knowing him very well, I believe that appeal must have been personal for a wife from Zambia. Therefore, the delegation should take it as such. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I admire Zambia because when there is food insecurity in Kenya, the conversation turns towards getting food from Zambia. The hon. Members from Zambia will know that Kenya admires the measures that Zambia has put in place to ensure food security and the production of maize; which is a staple food here in Kenya. In the political conversation, there have been some comments that perhaps Kenya should start getting her maize from Zambia or get land in Zambia to produce maize in mass quantities. I do not think the solution is in importing food from Zambia. The solution lies in partnerships within the existing multilateral arrangements, for us to share ideas. Now that the delegation is here in Kenya, I hope that the Committee on Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries can commit to have a conversation with the hon. Members, just to get a good understanding of what Zambia did, as far as policy and legislation is concerned, to get to a point where a rich agricultural country like Kenya is looking at Zambia for food security. Mr. Speaker, Sir, we also admire the democratic credentials and practices in Zambia which has had several closely contested elections. Some of the elections have been called with very slim margins, slimmer than the ones we see in Kenya. We respect the maturity with which the people of Zambia have conducted themselves. We respect the persistence of some of the candidates who have been in the ballot for many years and ultimately have ascended to the highest office. We learn from Zambia that in a competition, as long as the rules and referee are fair, then, there should be no problem with losers accepting their loss and winners graciously leading the nation. Mr. Speaker, Sir, finally, Zambia is also a case study on what infrastructure can do and the kind of decisions African countries must make as far as infrastructure is concerned."
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