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    "id": 360304,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Gichigi",
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        "legal_name": "Samuel Kamunye Gichigi",
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    "content": "Hon. Speaker, Sir, I rise to support the Motion and thank the Mover, hon. Farah, for bringing it to the House. My comments are that it is true that farmers keep on suffering due to persistent drought. I would wish to urge the Government to widen the scope of livestock insurance to include other areas where livestock rearing as well as crop husbandry take place. Where I come from, in Kipipiri, Nyandarua County; we have perennial problems with crops. Therefore, that is an area where the Government should consider taking care of by way of insurance and training of farmers on modern methods of farming like the use of greenhouses. Hon. Speaker, Sir, the perennial problem of livestock dying during the dry season is a phenomenon that will always be with us. Therefore, we need to find permanent solutions. If we know that something happens every now and then, the way forward is having mitigation steps being taken rather than taking insurance for such problems. We know that in every rainy season, our country suffers from flooding. Most of the ASAL areas can be supplied with water from the rivers emanating from Mount Kenya and other water catchment areas. The Government should supply water to those areas at regular intervals. We need not come here every now and then to say that our livestock are dying and continue to watch the drought-related video clips that we see on television. Another big problem we are facing as a country is that we are just about to exhaust our water resources. We are destroying all our water catchment areas. We do not bother about serious water harvesting. This is an area where the Government ought to act. Let us preserve our water towers and harvest our rain water and make sure that we avail it to ASAL areas. With a regular water supply, this particular problem is likely to come to an end. With those remarks, I support the Motion."
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