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    "speaker_name": "Sen. G. G. Kariuki",
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        "legal_name": "Godfrey Gitahi Kariuki",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. A lot has been said and I do not think that I will spend a lot of time repeating it. Madam Temporary Speaker, I would like to make a very small observation. First, the proponents of the new Constitution had all this in mind; that the country had gone wrong and was losing direction in every respect. This is because if a country can spend its resources to promote anything else other than food production, it leaves a lot to be desired. This country has about 40 million people, if we are right in our estimation. India has got 1.1 billion people and China more than 1.2 billion, and these countries are capable of feeding their own people. The problem that we have here today was experienced in India in 1954. The Indian Government decided to suspend all other developments and concentrated on financing agriculture for the next five years. If we could seal all the loopholes of losing our money for five years and put it in agriculture, we would stabilize this country forever. This is because the riots, as has been said by one of our Senators here, are created by people who have nothing to lose. If somebody has no food and has not eaten in the The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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