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    "content": "The factory will also create employment for our youth. The youth of this country will also be engaged in gainful working activities. Our supply of marketing outlets will also be full of cheaper food. Our secondary schools and universities will now be able to buy cheaper food. Even our prisoners who are never fed well will be able to afford cheaper food. Therefore, the issue of food security is critical in this nation. The populace of this country will also be able to move forward as a dynamic mission. So, I wish also to indicate that even the life expectancy will improve with affordable food in our country. The agricultural sector will also earn foreign exchange for this country. We will export wheat, rice, maize and other crops. Instead of us being net importers of food, we will export them. Why should we continue to import wheat and sugar from Egypt? Egypt is in Sahara Desert. Why do they have a fertilizer factory in Egypt? We can also establish the same thing in this country. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, our farmers in this country have migrated to the neighbouring countries. We have our farmers in Uganda and Tanzania. The maize that the Ugandans are eating is grown by our own people. In those countries, fertilizer is highly subsidized. Our farmers are contributing a lot to the growth of economies of those countries. We need them here to develop our country. I would, therefore, urge Treasury to set aside enough money to start this factory. Funds are there to set up this factory. If the Treasury and the Government could only be serious by sealing loopholes that allow officers to engage in mega corrupt deals, this money would be enough to start a fertilizer factory in this country. Our country will then start exporting some of these major agricultural produce to the neighbouring countries. Uganda is now an oil exporter. We want our country which is currently a major tea, coffee and pyrethrum exporter to also start exporting the other agricultural products such as maize, beans, among others. If our Government can do so, our nation will improve tremendously. If we do so, mama mboga and others will have their incomes improved. With those few remarks, I support the Motion."
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