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    "id": 267947,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/267947/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Eng. Maina",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 75,
        "legal_name": "Ephraim Mwangi Maina",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is evident that our country Kenya has been sliding into a country of importing and borrowing food year after year, and the number of people joining that bracket is increasing. One of the ways that this Government can use to achieve faster food security is by encouraging small irrigation schemes that are community-based like in my area of Nyeri. There are many small scale community based irrigation schemes but unfortunately, the Government wants to go into areas where sometimes it is even difficult to grow food. Could the Prime Minister tell us what the Government is doing to encourage the people who have been growing food year in, year out? Could it assist them through these small irrigation schemes? The small irrigation schemes have done tremendous wonders in Malawi. We are already importing food from a small country like Malawi. Therefore, I urge the Prime Minister to adopt this policy and confirm that it will be a Government policy, so that we can have a budget to revive the small community based irrigation schemes for them to work much better."
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