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    "id": 1346398,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1346398/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nambale, Independent",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Geoffrey Mulanya",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me this chance to contribute to this Motion despite the attempts by my good friend, Hon. Abraham, to gag my views on the same. Food security is very important to our nation. We have had this debate in our country for a very long time. We note that we have just come from a very serious drought and hunger in this country. Right now we are blessed with heavy rains. We have also just had a bumper harvest. The problem is that after a year, our people will be suffering again. The question that we ask ourselves as a nation is: are we prepared for the future? I will say no. If we have had a bumper harvest, then one year down the line our people complain about lack of food, I would say that, as a nation, we have failed. I propose that the Government takes serious measures to have enough storage facilities. In cases where we have had a bumper harvest like this year, we should store food that can sustain our nation for more than three years. We also need to look at the issue of the land tenure system. We talk of food security, but we know very well that we only farm on the available land. As we continue to subdivide this land, in the future, we will not have a place where we will grow our crops. As a nation, we need to come up with a policy that will control land subdivisions, especially the arable ones where farming is supposed to be done. This will ensure we have security for future production. 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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