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"speaker_name": "Hon. Nooru",
"speaker_title": "The Member for Mandera North",
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"content": "On the other hand, we always talk about irrigation. Where do we irrigate? We have not utilised the ASAL areas of this country, which are the highest potential areas. We talk about food security all the time. The staple food in this country is maize, yet maize is imported today. Sugar and rice are commodities which are imported today. What incentives do we give to farmers when their crops rot in the farms and then sugar barons import sugar? We talk of policies in agriculture all the time but we do not seal loopholes. It is the âbig fishâ who do importation of commodities. That should be the area to look into. Why are people uprooting their coffee plants and other crops? That issue should be looked into. Hon. Deputy Speaker, the other issue I want to speak on is infrastructure. The only mode of transport in Northern Kenya is by road. We do not have air transport or water transport. What is the condition of roads in that region 50 years after Independence? We talk of taking our livestock to the market. Our livestock cannot reach the market. You load them onto a lorry and transport them for three---"
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