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    "speaker_name": "Nominated, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr) Jackson Kosgei",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. At the outset, I support the Motion by Hon. Atandi on food security. This is as a very important Motion for us as the leadership of this country. Food is one of our basic needs, which is necessary for survival. It has been said that a decent standard of living constitutes access to water, shelter, clothing, health care and education. Food, therefore, must be a priority in the planning of any country to secure its own people to make sure that it is raising a healthy nation that can be productive in every way. I support the emphasis of this Motion on research because progress in any other time in history has been based on research. Research can create a food security component with an ability to make sure that food will be available to the citizens of a country. It can be accessed, utilised, and stable in its production. Research will also lead us to appreciate climate changes. For many years, we depended on rain-fed agriculture. It is now necessary to change the focus and go for irrigated agricultural to make sure food is available in the country. I am impressed, as my colleagues have mentioned before, that our new Chairman of the Budget and Appropriations Committee is paying attention to the very important basic and foundation in meeting one of the basic needs in this country. Therefore, the budgeting process must put emphasis on this. Food security means security because food can be a weapon against a nation. When a nation is not able to feed its people, it can be taken advantage of through other factors like externally determining policies that affect their domestic interest. You have no power to speak and reject anything that would appear to be injurious to your people if your people are hungry. Therefore, securing this particular basic need is very important for the security of our country. With that, Hon. Temporary Speaker, I support the Motion."
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