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    "id": 532186,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Korir",
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        "legal_name": "Wesley Kipchumba Korir",
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    "content": "Secondly, I applaud the President’s Speech. The President gave a good Speech. The Speech has given this country hope for the future. To hear that our economy is growing; to hear that we are the best destination for investment; to hear that every primary school is going to get electricity, is hope for this country. That is what we need. I would like to thank the Government for giving us - as hon. Members - an opportunity to give them the list and the names of schools that need to be given electricity. That is because we are the people who know the schools that need to be given electricity. Hon. Deputy Speaker, I would like to express my dissatisfaction with the Government on the issue of agriculture. According to the Speech by the President and the Report laid on the Floor of the House by the President, he talks about agriculture. He says that 17 per cent of Kenya depends on substantial rain fed agriculture which has been adversely affected by fluctuating climate condition. I will like to disagree with that. If you visited Cherangany, Moi’s Bridge and Eldoret a couple of months ago, you would see farmers sleeping in their tractors and lorries for days and months without eating, while trying to sell their maize to the Government. The Government is not buying the maize. It is not paying them and we spend billions of dollars going to look for irrigation, while we can buy the maize from the farmers. It is very unfortunate that we are doing that. Our farmers are suffering. They are in pain and yet, they have maize that has grown very well. Why are we lying that we are depending on something that is failing us? It is not failing us! There is maize. The rains are coming and farmers are going to plant. But when they plant, there is nobody to buy. If the Government is serious on the issue of agriculture, it should buy maize from farmers. Let it come to Cherangany and buy the maize at Kshs3,500 a bag. I am telling you we are going to plant the maize and feed this country. Thank you, very much for giving me the opportunity to contribute."
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