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    "id": 1546439,
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    "speaker_name": "Kilifi North, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Owen Baya",
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    "content": "fertiliser, but there is scarcity. We can do better as a country when we ensure that we have more investors coming to invest in the fertiliser sector. The other issue is with seeds. In my constituency, everybody is saying that they want seeds. They want planting material that can help them grow food. The people in this country are not lazy. They are industrious people who know if they grow food, they will become food- secure, food-sufficient, and poverty will leave their homes. As leaders, are we doing enough to ensure that we give them planting materials to ensure we have more food? I want to support you, my brother, Hon. Samuel Atandi, for the good thoughts. These are good thoughts for our country. We must manufacture more fertiliser in the country. If we have a bumper harvest, the prices of goods and inflation come down. When inflation comes down, there is less expenditure, families are able to save more and have disposable income for families. They can pay school fees for their children and do development for themselves. I want to urge Members of Parliament, even Hon. Samuel Atandi, who has enough disposable income, to set up a small fertiliser factory in his village. I know Hon. Millie had set up another small factory for fertiliser. You can make money out of it, but also help farmers. Hon. (Prof.) Oundo has also worked for many years. He has enough money to invest in a small fertilizer factory, not to forget Hon. Ng’elechei. If everybody goes the cottage industry way and sets up a small fertiliser factory in their constituency, we will bring down the cost of food production. Hon. Temporary Speaker, I know the people of Mutomo want a small fertiliser factory, and you have some money. Set up a small fertiliser factory there so that you can bring down the cost of fertiliser. I can see Hon. Millie smiling because she is thinking about setting up one tomorrow. She has money. If everybody invests in agriculture, we will make this country a better country. It will be food sufficient. Agricultural produce transitions to manufacturing. If you have enough milk, you can set up a small milk production centre. When we have industries and manufacturing being set up, we will solve the problem of joblessness and poverty in this country. I urge anybody who has money somewhere that instead of doing other things, set up factories for fertiliser, better seeds and better planting materials so that we can increase our output in agriculture in this country. That way, we will make Kenya a better country. I thank you and I want to support my brother, Hon. Samuel Atandi, on this Motion."
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