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    "content": "framework if we pass the Bill to assist in terms of moving forward and realising Article 43(3) of the Constitution. Madam Temporary Speaker, there are many other examples across the world. There are very good and elaborate Security Bills in India and China. When you go to those countries, you will find that there is surplus of food. All that was realised through different frameworks and over many years. For example, in India, the Bill came in 2013. Brazil is equally doing well. In Africa, Nigeria is doing very well in terms of ensuring that there are programmes that will help people to appreciate and live in dignity because they have enough or the right to food. As I talk about all these, we need to look at the fundamental issue of land. When we talk about food security, the issue of land features very strongly. Today we do not have enough land. We have kept on subdividing our land into smaller portions. I hope that at one point the Senate will look at the Constitution and decide on the minimum acreage of land that one can own, so that we do not end up importing 80 per cent of our food requirement. Madam Temporary Speaker, we also need to put in place other measures to enhance food production. We know that 70 per cent of our country’s food production is by small scale farmers, most of whom are women. We need to embrace technology in food production, but we also need the county governments, now that agriculture is a devolved function, to engage the services of extension officers who can support the farmers. They should embrace smart farming so that the small pieces of land can achieve surplus yields. We also have a challenge with fertilizers. We must address this challenge if we want to achieve food security. We must, therefore, come together as leaders, especially in the county governments to address the issue of food security, once and for all. Madam Temporary Speaker, I beg to move and call upon my friend, the “king” of Pokot, Sen. (Prof.) Lonyangapuo, to second."
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