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    "id": 178535,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Eng. Gumbo",
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        "legal_name": "Nicholas Gumbo",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, in the early part of this Sitting, I asked the Chair that this House should adjourn the Order Paper business under the provisions of Standing Order No.20 to discuss the dire food situation in the country. Our country, Kenya, is facing a food crisis and urgent steps need to be taken to stop this matter from taking social dimensions. All Kenyans, wherever they are in Kenya and outside, have a right to afford, at least, one plate of Ugali a day. I have heard debate about the prices of a two-kilogramme packet of ugali unga in our supermarkets. However, for some of us, who come from fairly marginalised parts of this country, that debate has no relevance. Recently, I had a chance to walk to the major grain market in my constituency, Aram Market, and was dismayed to find that a two-kilogramme tin of maize, which is popularly known in those places as \"gorogoro\" was costing Kshs80. The average family in this country, including mine, requires two such tins per day as basic food supply. What we are doing here is that we are asking all Kenyan families, even those who cannot afford, to put aside, at least, Kshs500 every day to afford the most basic of foodstuffs in this country. Not only is this untenable, it is unacceptable. It is inhuman and inconsiderate!"
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