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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, on agriculture, there has been a failure by the Government to clearly invest in agriculture. In particular, when I talk about agriculture, there seems to be over-emphasis on water for irrigation. The emphasis should be on new technology and new methods of farming. A single borehole can irrigate five villages with the right technology if we adopt the use of greenhouses and drip irrigation. This is the way to move as opposed to providing dams costing billions of shillings. It is a good idea but when will we be provided with those huge dams in every village? For the time being, until we provide those dams, let us talk about investing in technology. The farmer should be taught. There used to be Structural Adjustment Programmes (SAPs) under the IMF and World Bank. Those programmes ruined the economy of this country. Those are the programmes that told us to sack our agricultural field extension officers and veterinary officers. We now need to re-employ them and have as many extension officers as possible. In my constituency, I have only two but we need about 20 extension officers to teach farmers new methods of farming."
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