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    "id": 398803,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Prof.) Lonyangapuo",
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        "legal_name": "John Krop Lonyangapuo",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. As a result of this, we have ended up harming ourselves for not utilizing the intellect that we have. Mr. Speaker, Sir, we should use the capability that we have to produce enough food and reduce the main problem we have encountered and continue to encounter in Kenya for ages since 1963. At Independence, the founding fathers of this great nation resolved to fight hunger, ignorance and disease. As I speak, these are major problems which have continued to bedevil this country for a long time. If we formulate good policies, we will be able to compel every household to harvest rain water. If we did so, we will reduce problems facing this country by a big margin. We must come up with a policy that will compel all engineers and architects not to approve any building plan if it does not provide for water harvesting and storage facilities. We have our own ‘engineer’ here, Sen. Wamatangi; I am told he is associated with tanks which people use for harvesting rain water. But, Mr. Speaker, Sir, I know of one family in Njoro that, for a long time, have decided to harvest rain water in their five acres of land where they keep dairy animals. They believe that even if there will be no rain for the next five years or so, they will continue with their farming activities. For the next five years, whether God gives us rain or not, that farmer has his own rain water stored. This really challenged me when I saw Dr. Owuor and his wife, Prof. Mary Ambula, storing water to the extent that now, they are the leading producers of maize per acreage in Kenya. We have not heard of a farm that produces over 50 bags of maize per acre in Kenya; but here we are talking about 75 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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