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    "id": 182164,
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    "speaker_name": "Mr. I. Muoki",
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        "legal_name": "Isaac Mulatya Muoki",
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    "content": "from Ukambani stands up, he or she says, \"we have no food, we want relief food\". This would be the right time to supply the seeds because the rainfall which is reliable in our area, is about to come. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, in the past, the performance of the staff of the Ministry of Agriculture has been very good in my region. Even now it is good. However, we have a problem of shortage of staff. You may have one agricultural officer in a division and as you know, 3058 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES October 28, 2008 areas in arid regions are very far apart. So, you find that the person is doing his or her best to cover the region but his coverage rate will not be sufficient to assist farmers. I know there could be some financial constraints in terms of employment of staff but if we could have enough coverage of agricultural field staff, it would be very useful. The few who are in the field are very useful. I have had time to interact with some of them. They are encouraging and down to earth. If the coverage of the staff was sufficient, farmers would gain a lot from their input. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the other point I would like to comment on is about the roads. There are some road networks which are undertaken by the Ministry of Agriculture but when it rains, we experience problems of transporting the food to the market. I would like to appeal to the Ministry, because I know they have a provision which deals with roads, to give more allocations for this. Although it does not rain in most part of the year, but when it rains, the roads become impassable. If that money will be used to do the roads in the rural areas, it would be very useful and development would be realised. With these few remarks, I beg to support."
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