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    "id": 1335894,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1335894/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Westlands, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Tim Wanyonyi",
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    "content": " Hon. Speaker, I beg to give notice of the following Motion: THAT, aware that land is a critical but limited factor of production that supports human habitation and food production; noting that agriculture is Kenya’s main economic mainstay; appreciating that the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) Monetary Policy Committee Agriculture Sector Survey 2022 estimated that the contribution of the agriculture sector to the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) to be 22 per cent directly and 27 per cent indirectly through its linkages with other sectors; further appreciating that the survey showed that the sector employs over 40 per cent of the country’s total population; concerned that in the Lands Reforms Volume III Publication, the Kenya Land Alliance estimated that only 17 per cent of the country’s land mass is classified as suitable for rain-fed agriculture land while the remainder is either semi-arid or arid; further concerned that the country’s agricultural productivity has been decreasing over the years; cognizant of the fact that the decline in agricultural productivity is partly attributable to the shrinking agricultural land due to unplanned settlements that encroach on agricultural land; further concerned that agricultural lands in the rural areas are continually being sub-divided into small portions for build-up development thereby diminishing the land available for agriculture; noting that there is need to put in place measures for effective land use in the country in order to guarantee optimal use of agriculture; now therefore, this House resolves that The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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