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    "content": "of provision of the agricultural fund now in law, it also means that there will be additional funding given to our scientists. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, you will appreciate that in this country, there is an explosion in the universities. It means that we are going to train more competent people to join research. These people will explore even areas that we have never explored before. I would invite our research scientists to put a bit of emphasis on livestock. Since the technology of zero-grazing of the dairy, which other technology can this country proudly say it has given to the Kenyan livestock farmers? What is the fate of the National Agricultural Research Centre based in Marsabit, that has both the national and regional mandate to look for our regions? There are sub-centres in Garissa and Lodwar. Which simple technology has it produced for the years that it has been in existence? Let us also look at the management. One of the problems that KARI has experienced is shortage of funds. When I was there the donors were willing to give us money, but the top management became a stumbling block. Just as much as this organization becomes independent, we must structure it in a way that the composition of the board I see here, where we are now saddling the board with nominees from the Government again must stop. I can see the kind of people that the Minister has proposed. They are people from the agricultural background. There are better things than agriculture in this country. The story that we used to be told while undergoing undergraduate studies that agriculture contributes 30 per cent of our economy is gone. Those statistics are gone now. Lets us diversify. I hope I will get the opportunity, apart from building alliances, to bring some amendments, so that we can make this truly reflective of the diversity of the dichotomy of the Kenyan economy. This is because certain areas of this country have been forgotten not just in terms of extension services by line Ministries, but also in terms of the kind of research that is being conducted to ensure that a household can get a healthy diet at the consumption level. But hopefully, the same household can also produce a surplus in order to be taken to the market. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I can go on and on, but I can see the manyanga Minister, my good friend, who is doing a good job so far in sports, hon. Namwamba, is becoming a bit agitated. I take the cue that I should stop there. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I wish to support."
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