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    "speaker_name": "Mrs. Odhiambo-Mabona",
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        "legal_name": "Millie Grace Akoth Odhiambo Mabona",
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    "content": "I want to stand and support the hon. Member for bringing this Motion at a timely moment. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we are, indeed, talking about Kenyan issues. The reason we are here as a House is because Kenyans are crying that the cost of living is too high. The cost of food, fuel and unga is too high and Kenyans are saying that they are hungry. The hon. Members who have spoken here have said that a hungry man is an angry man. Unless, as leaders, we actually take action to deal with this issue soberly and decisively, we will be the target. This is because when people are angry where they look to blame is on leadership. Unless, as Members of Parliament we deal with this issue seriously, we are in a problem and the buck stops with us as leaders. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to remind one of the hon. Members who said that we are technologically savvy and yet we do not know what the World Bank report said, that we have read it. We know from that World Bank report that the world food index has gone 36 per cent above what it was last year. That is globally, but in Kenya, I am sure that what Mr. C. Kilonzo has said is the truth, that they have no clue. We have to rely on the World Bank to tell us what is going on in China and Libya and yet we do to know what is going on at home. Because of that there are serious issues in this country that must be dealt with. When I first came to this country, we were talking about food security. Whether you want to attribute it to fuel or talk about it in relation to what, we were talking about food security. I would like to say that we cannot speak about food security year in, year out. We must deal with policy issues that are not correct, whether they are in the agricultural or energy sector. We must also deal with inequalities and corruption. It has been said before that you will know a dog’s owner if you attack the dog. The moment you touch the dog of corruption, the owners stand up very vividly and angrily. We know them. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would like to say that there are two people who told me that when I am speaking about food security –because they saw that it was coming before the House – I raise the issue of another poor Government policy that is affecting the poor of the poorest. There are areas where people only eat omena."
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