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    "content": "of food security, we will also be addressing the issues of poverty and nutrition. There have been challenges in many of our regions, and those challenges have made our people very vulnerable. So, if this is not done, even if we come up with good ideas – like the idea of the Government putting a million acres of land under irrigation – they may not work if we do not have the necessary farm inputs. In this case, we are talking about fertilizers and other farm inputs. Hon. Deputy Speaker, therefore, this Motion is of great importance to food security. Some countries do not allow importation of their staple food but in this country, we import even some of our staple food. This is even connected to the question of food security. We sometimes put effort where it is not required. Some people in certain quarters may be facilitating importation of fertilizers. There may have been resistance to the idea of establishing a fertilizers factory because certain people may be benefiting from the challenges that we have. So, I request the Mover to come up with a Bill that will lead to the establishment of the proposed board to be responsible for manufacturing of fertilizers and supply of the fertilizers and other farm inputs to farmers, so that we can move away from a situation of food deficit and become a country with food surplus. With those remarks, I beg to support."
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