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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mumma",
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    "content": "On the issue of SFR, this was established in good faith. It is an issue, which Parliament should insist that the Executive delivers. Before we can have a food reserve to speak off as a nation, we need to begin from the basics. Where is the food to be reserved? Do we want that food to come from out or can it come from Kenya? We need to go back to the basics and discuss how best we can support our farmers to produce enough food for us to have for our current needs, the needs of tomorrow as well as the needs of other countries where we can make some monies out of. It is unclear how many acreages of land in Kenya is covered with maize, which is a staple food. It is time they told us, “This year, we have planted so many hectares of maize, potatoes and beans.” This means that we will have adequate food or not and we plan for it. Mr. Speaker, Sir, we also have a lot of idle land. As we determine whether we have adequate food or not, we should plan on how we can utilise the resource of idle land to support our farmers to get more food. Even as the relevant Committee looks into this issue, we need to guide that we get our country to be directed to work inwardly first. Let us give support to our own farmers before they give support to farmers outside. Let us reorganize our agricultural sector in order to create jobs and achieve what Sen. Cherarkey is talking about. Mr. Speaker, Sir, on the other agenda of Private Employment Agencies, I think it is an issue of keeping within our standards. The Executive and the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection needs to put in place effective measures of monitoring those who are licensed to carry out such jobs as recruiting privately. We should also ensure that the National Industrial Training Authority (NITA) has what it takes to train all those who are going to work outside of this country. They should understand not just the job they are going to do, but also the culture of the people that they are going to work within."
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