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    "id": 1382739,
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    "speaker_name": "Rangwe, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr) Lillian Gogo",
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    "content": "have backup systems but we also want accuracy. We want efficiency and efficacy so that whatever we are going to do is time-bound and deliverable. It is very unfortunate that we come here and use big English terms. I know that we have very learned Members of Parliament, who are very serious in their various disciplines. However, I came to talk about efficacy. The policies, ideas and laws that we legislate, and that touch on various disciplines, must benefit Wanjiku. They must benefit mama mboga . They must benefit farmers who toil left, right and centre in this country. If we are talking about rainfall, how much can we expect? How much will be in excess? How long of a dry spell will we have? How much of a milk glut will we have? I ask the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) to leave our avocado farmers alone as long as they get basic income. They should just be allowed to live. We should have reliable systems as proposed in the Motion. We want reliability. We also want accountability so that we can predict weather and climatic changes on the basis of accurate and reputable scientific data. We should have reputable data so that when somebody else tests what we have done, they can get accurate results. I rise to support this Motion so that our youths can use this data to harness their ideas. Many young people want to get into farming. Many people have very good ideas, but they just need data. As I contribute to this Motion and share the ideas of the great people of Rangwe Constituency, I know that this Motion will benefit them as well. Before considering this Motion, we were talking about cotton. Cotton production has its own timetable in terms of rains and dry spells, and when it sprouts; oh! the beauty of cotton. I want to thank my Governor, Hon. Gladys Nyasuna Wanga, for coming up with the idea of reviving cotton production in our county. If we have reliable data and predictions on climate and climatic changes, we will meet our great objectives of oil processing and cotton production as Homa Bay County. This will not only be for local use, but also cotton and sunflower farmers in my county will earn a living and export the excess so that they can get extra income. Apart from that, we will also be able to predict how and when to add value. All this comes down to and adds up to the effects of climate and climate change. That is what this Motion proposes. The policy that we come up with should favour us. We will work on ordered scientific systems and already established value systems. We will look at traceability. We will work on moving forward with new technology like AI, as has been proposed. I propose that we move forward with technology because letting machines think like human beings will be in the best interest of this country, the users that have proposed it, and our people. This is real empowerment. Thank you for giving me this time, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I appreciate Parliament."
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