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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Yusuf Adan (",
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    "content": "security and agricultural development. Now, I have the honour to report that three countries out of these 11 countries have already reached the 10 per cent. Kenya was at 3 per cent in 2019. Looking at the last Budget, we are at 6 per cent. That is an improvement. We hope and pray that, sooner or later, we shall reach the 10 per cent. The Alliance has an Executive Committee comprising the Chairman, Deputy Chairman, two Members of Parliament from individual countries, one Member of Parliament from the East African Parliamentary Alliance (EAPA) and one member from the Intergovernmental Authority on Development, Inter-parliamentary Union (IGAD-IPU). I have the honour to report that from 2022 to date, Kenya is the chair of the Alliance. I have been elected as the Chairperson of the Alliance for the next three years. We have rotational annual general meetings every year in one of the countries. Therefore, Kenya is being looked at seriously to improve on food security and nutrition because of the position that we hold. Hon. Temporary Speaker, we expect our parliamentarians to make sure that the various legislations relating to food security and nutrition are upheld. It is our responsibility to make sure that legislative amendments are made where required. We also need to review the budget for agriculture and food production to ensure that the SDG 12 is achieved and the 10 per cent of the budget – as per the Maputo Declaration – goes to food security and nutrition. The other important responsibility required of us as is to ensure that there is accountability in the funds allocated for food security and nutrition. From our experience and observation, sometimes, funds are allocated and the prioritisation of those funds in terms of food production is misplaced. It is our responsibility as parliamentarians to oversee and ensure that the little funds allocated to food production are utilised to the letter. Finally, our role is to make sure that we represent our communities such that food insecurity and malnutrition are things of the past. As long as a community or a government is not able to feed its people effectively, we shall remain slaves of other countries who give us small handouts like famine relief and food aid, which we do not need. With the kind of rainfall and climate, Kenya should and must be food secure. I beg that the House takes note of this Report. I request Hon. Abdul Haro to second."
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