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    "id": 1446095,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Olekina",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Ledama Olekina",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, yesterday I was listening to a young citizen of this Republic. He was making a lot of sense, complaining that he has a wife at home but he has no food and no job. He has a child that he needs to take care of. He needs a job in order to live a good life. These hon. Members of Parliament, both of the National Assembly and the Senate, sat with their colleagues from the Commonwealth Nations celebrating 10 years and discussing issues to do with food security, marginalization, terrorism, integration and working together. They should really now guide us. This is why every Member should be reading this Report. One of the things that touched me - and I hope that as a country we can be able to go into that direction - is how to improve harvesting of our food by leveraging on technology. The Government of Kenya ought to be focusing a lot because agriculture is devolved but it seems that most of the money is left with the national Government. If we want to leapfrog and catch up with other Commonwealth nations, it is about time that we invest heavily on the agricultural sector. Learning from other Commonwealth nations, we can only guarantee food security in this country by putting a lot of money in leveraging on technology for either animal feeds or just ordinary food for human consumption. Madam Temporary Speaker, let me use a good example of a small country called Burkina Faso. Burkina Faso is a country that has gone through a very difficult time. However, the young leader who is there now is speaking to the issues that my colleagues went and spoke with the rest of the Members from the Commonwealth Nations; food security. The current leader came in and decided that everybody has to work. Instead of buying SUVs for Ministers, they ended up buying tractors and harvesting equipment for their citizens to go out there and work and guarantee food security. If we could take a leaf from that, then we will be able to take this country to greater heights. The other issue, which I am happy that my colleagues discussed and I hope that we can make it practical, is the issue of the younger generation. I am very passionate about the issue of intergenerational fairness. The reason why we have problems today in this country is because we, in the leadership, are only concerned about lining our own pockets and not about the future generations. I believe it is time that we think about how to solve this problem of the youth. They also talked about the issue of the two-thirds gender rule that we have discussed here and exploring ways of bringing equity or equality among the things that we share in terms of leadership. Madam Temporary Speaker, these are not new things. These are things which are in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) which all countries around the world have teamed up together. The Gen Zs in this country have taken up that issue to ensure that there is equality, accountability and transparency. I hope that next time when we send a delegation to go and discuss very important issues including food security, gender parity, the youth and the role that they play and environmental approaches, it will not take almost two years. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."
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