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"speaker_name": "Hon. Musalia Mudavadi",
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"content": "Let me also touch on particular causes of the escalation of food prices from 2022 to 2023. The country has experienced a prolonged period of drought over the last two-and-a-half years, from 2020 to 2023, which has been recorded as the worst drought in 40 years. The performance of the 2022 long rains was poor in parts of the country, which was followed by crop failure in the Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (ASALs) during the short rain season. The anticipated relief from October, November and December 2022 short rains season was not realised except for pulses due to the prolonged drought that resulted in a sixth failed rain season. This scenario reduced the annual maize production, creating a higher national deficit of about 34 per cent in 2022 compared to 28 per cent in 2021. I would like to let the House know that the country recorded the lowest maize production in 10 years. We managed to get 34.4 million bags, which was 3.1 million metric tonnes, in 2022. Ordinarily, we would be talking about 50 million bags. The country also lost approximately 2.5 million head of livestock due to drought effects."
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