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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Chanzu",
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        "legal_name": "Yusuf Kifuma Chanzu",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I also rise to support this Motion, which I consider very important. I would like to congratulate the Mover for thinking about the welfare and plight of Kenyans. This way, we should be able to address quite a number of basic problems facing Kenyans. The amount of money that this Motion is seeking is Kshs1.3 billion. The other day, a few organisations came together to raise money for famine ravaged Kenyans. They had set a target of Kshs500 million but, in less than ten days, they surpassed that target and raised their target to Kshs1 billion. When I look at the issue of drought in this country, I imagine of a situation where the Government could just do something small. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, on Saturday, we were in Samburu, where I found that people were very committed. Even when it comes to Harambee activities and so on, there is a lot of commitment from Kenyans. However, the Government is not doing its part. I am sure that if you provide a little water in those areas, people will produce a lot. You can see this from the kind of commitment and determination they have. Therefore, there is a lot of soul searching we have to do. We should ask ourselves questions. These kind of institutions were created by the colonialists. This one was done in 1923. The white man was able to sustain it up to 1963. From 1963, when we said that we were able to run our own affairs, things started going wrong. It is pathetic. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, one of the problems is political infighting. We heard very clearly that the person who was running the KFA up to the time when it was dismantled was a Kenyan. Due to political infighting, this organisation had to be sacrificed, so that it could be proved that the person had not succeeded, which was very unfortunate. So, we have learnt a big lesson. We are lucky that we now have a new Constitution in place. It gives a lot of room for us to make amends on what had gone wrong. Our dignity, as a country, is also at stake. There was somebody from Tanzania who said that Tanzanians did not need to go to London because when they are in Nairobi, they felt that they were in a big city like London. However, when you go just beyond Tom Mboya Street, the situation is terrible. You cannot move freely because we are not able to manage our own affairs. So, our dignity and pride are going to depend on us being self-sufficient in producing food for ourselves. There is no point of saying that we have a mini London here and then the next day we are going out there, begging for food for Kenyans. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, we are saying that in order for us to achieve Vision 2030, we have to industrialise. We must be able to produce our own food."
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