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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Murungi",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Kiraitu Murungi",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I rise to support this Motion. Essentially, we passed this Motion when we passed the calendar of the Senate sometime back. We are just confirming what we decided when we passed our calendar. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, we are going on recess when this country is burning. Insecurity is on the rise. The Senate has done the best that it could on the issue of containing the rising insecurity in the country. I am happy that the Senate approved a Motion that the Committee on National Security and Foreign Relations and the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights jointly, during the recess, visit all the areas where there has been insecurity. They will hold hearings and bring a report to this House when we come back, so that we can find lasting solutions to the endemic insecurity in the country. Therefore, we are not going to sleep or rest. We will still be working even as we go on recess. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, in my own Committee, which our Senate Majority Leader did not mention by name; the Committee on Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries, we have done tremendous work, which has brought a lot of glory to the Senate. Soon after we were appointed, we held a high level meeting in Naivasha that brought together the Cabinet Secretary, Professors and all the institutions of agriculture, to review the policies. It is at Naivasha where we identified food security as the top priority for our Committee for the next three years. We have been very embarrassed in this country; that every year, people cry about famine in Turkana, Baringo and Marsabit. The time for talking is over. It is now time for us to act and remove this shame from our country. We shall need the support of the Senate even in the remaining years, so that we can achieve our dream of freedom from hunger in this country. 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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