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    "id": 193404,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Prof. Kamar",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 33,
        "legal_name": "Margaret Jepkoech Kamar",
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    "content": "which our people are crying about. Poverty is not linked to bread, as we were told. It is more linked to the unga that is meant for ugali . Mr. Speaker, Sir, I think there is a need to look at how we can address the issue of food security and enable the farmers, who feed the nation, to feed it better. I was expecting the Minister, while thinking of food processing in the sectors for export, to enable farmers process maize for themselves. The farmers should have milling plants and should be able to mill their wheat and maize. That way, we can be assured of food security. At the moment, we are encouraging them to change from food security to crops for export. I can assure you that if the passion fruit processing plant does not come, the farmers will form a corporative and go for a private factory. They will do it because it is better and more profitable to grow passion fruit than maize or wheat! I think some of those things need to be addressed. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Minister also did mention the reduction of poverty and inequality through acceleration of regional development. I just looked at one sector since we got the documents the other day. Infrastructure is a means of achieving equality. I looked at roads and was very surprised that the roads budgeted for this year are the same ones that were budget for last year. So, how are we going to reduce the inequality in regional development if infrastructure is going to the same region? That is one area that has to be addressed. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Minister mentioned the issue of Women Enterprise Fund. I want to thank the Minister because he has increased the Women Enterprise Fund and the Youth Enterprise Fund. However, I want to join my colleagues who have said that we need accountability of the previous funding. I want to give you one clear example. In June last year UNIFEM"
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