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"content": "Order! Hon. Assistant Minister, it does not help to feign helplessness. It is the role of the Government to make sure that such an important commodity as maize, which is the staple diet of most Kenyans--- For you to say that you are waiting for money from the Treasury, ordinarily in a democracy, that is supposed to elicit an outrage in the streets of that country. This is because this is an important staple food as well as a cash crop for Kenyans. So, the Chair is not satisfied. When there is a five cents increase in the price of a loaf of bread in Egypt, the country comes to a standstill. You have to take seriously the livelihood, interest and welfare of our countrymen. The Chair has the responsibility to see to it that Ministers give satisfactory answers on the Floor of the House. The Chair is not satisfied and it directs that you go back and come with a comprehensive and satisfactory answer. In the meantime, because there are limits to how much the Chair can direct the Government to perform its own functions, I also direct the Chairman of the Committee on Agriculture, Livestock and"
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