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    "content": "These are people often not from the affected districts. I must say that, that kind of partnership has the support of key people in the Government. That kind of activity must be investigated because it is giving the Government a very bad name. This morning when we heard of the debate arising out of a Question concerning the raiding of the Samburu cattle in Samburu East Constituency, it came out very clearly that there are some Government officers who are involved in that activity. I think it is wrong to condemn the whole Government when only a few people are involved. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, the other issue that I want to talk about is on the food crisis as His Excellency the President mentioned in his Speech. The steps that he mentioned to be taken are commendable but that problem will not go away as long as we depend on rain-fed agriculture and on one diet called maize. I know we have talked about that subject for very many years but no action has ever been taken to reverse the situation. Many speakers have made contributions and recommended irrigation. We do that year-in, year-out. In fact, we should allocate adequate resources at the onset of rain to desilt two or three dams in every constituency and use modern technology for drip irrigation. In my constituency, we received 1,000 bales of grass from the Government to feed 200,000 head of cattle. To me, that does not seem to be a viable arrangement; 1,000 bales is only enough to sustain 1,000 cows in one day. We should embark on improving our range management techniques and protecting our environment."
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