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    "content": "was revived with a small amount of money, they were told to charge interest at the rate of 10 per cent to 12 per cent, like other banks. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, maize does well, especially in Trans Nzoia, West Pokot and Uasin Gishu counties. What have we put there, as the Kenya Government, so that we get the best maize that can be consumed and our people remain healthy? We have just heard from a miller saying that he went to Malawi only to discover that he was going for Grade 4 maize. Some people have been rushing to Uganda and they discover that there is only Grade 3 and Grade 2. Kenya is always number one. When I was the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Industrialization, I was surprised that we could run to South Africa and import Grade 2 and Grade 3 maize and then, top senior civil servants would want to cheat us that there is no food in the country. Fortunately, I had 4,000 bags of maize in my store which I wanted to sell. We were told to go to Mombasa. I think that the people who are actually doing more harm to Kenyans are Kenyans themselves at the top. Do we really want to move agriculture forward? Look at the vision that was introduced by the Jubilee Government. They promised to irrigate one million acres in the next five years. If you divide one million acres by 47 counties, we are supposed to irrigate 20,000 acres of land per county, funded by the national Government. If we choose to go that direction, we will fight hunger. But we are now concentrating on Tana River and Kilifi counties. How will the people of Lodwar get that maize? We want to solve problems right at the doorstep. The people of Baringo County, with Lake Baringo bursting its banks now, could actually immediately start uprooting trees because there is excess fresh water which can easily be pumped for irrigation. I want to challenge the Government to close the story of Kilifi and Tana River, and distribute all that acreage in the 47 counties. Even Nairobi has small plots where they can do irrigation."
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