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    "id": 237114,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Kembi-Gitura",
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        "legal_name": "James Kembi Gitura",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the question about food insecurity is very important. I appreciate where Prof. Mango comes from. The point I am making is that the Government, through the Ministry of Agriculture, is making an effort in the right direction. In Butula Constituency, for instance, the Government has given and provided planting seeds during the long and short rains. The intention of the Government is not to create a dependency syndrome. Even in giving the planting seeds, it is in appreciation of the fact that there has been drought in that constituency and people have suffered. However, we have provided beans, maize and sorghum seeds in Butula Constituency. I think I have made that clear in my answer. We have continued to expand the extension services in the agricultural sector to help the farmers in Kenya to produce more in order to be food sufficient. In a nutshell, there are many things that the Government has attempted to do towards that direction. That is contained in the answer I have given to this House. However, it is not the intention of this Government to create a dependency syndrome. The intention of this Government is to help the citizens of Kenya to break the vicious cycle and be self- sufficient in food production."
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