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    "id": 67587,
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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Koech",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to fully support this Motion. What we are debating here is not something new. Very recently, we witnessed the death of so many livestock from North Eastern, Upper Rift Valley and Upper Eastern regions. At that time, you could not pass the Athi River area, where the KMC factory is located, because of the smell that was coming from the livestock that had died, leave alone the livestock that had died on the way to the KMC. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it was only last year when the Prime Minister of the Republic of Kenya came here to share with the rest of Kenyans how the Government was prepared for the La Nina phenomenon. It is unfortunate that it is very clear that, although the Government of the Republic of Kenya knew that the drought was coming, it is not prepared for it. I want to remind the Government that the Constitution that every Kenyan has celebrated has given some rights to the citizens of this country. With the indulgence of the Chair, just to remind the Government what the people of Kenya are entitled to, I will read Article 43(1)(c), which says:- âEvery person has the right to be free from hunger and to have adequate food of acceptable qualityâ. I would like to remind the Government that it is going to be responsible for every single death of Kenyan due to lack of food, courtesy of the current Constitution. As we talk about drought, we should appreciate that we have children who are yet to go to school. Even though there are children who have already gone to school, there is no learning which will take place on empty stomachs. I want to remind the Government that it is high time that it woke up. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I really sympathise and empathise with the Cabinet Minister who was lamenting. We always lament. We have Papers written, especially on climate change, stating how the Government can mitigate the adverse effects. The Government has all those Papers. The problem we have is implementation of the same. It is very clear that parts of this country have a very high potential in terms of food production, while others have a very high potential in terms of livestock production. I want to indicate that there should be clear incentives to farmers to ensure that farmers produce, and that whatever they produce has ready market. We must open KMC branches in areas where livestock is reared. We need to open up Kenya Meat Commission (KMC) branches in the areas where livestock is kept so that farmers can access the market. In areas where we grow other food crops, we must provide warehouses and stores and ensure that we provide incentives in the form of fertilizer and other farm inputs. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it pains as I speak today that in the north Rift, as indicated earlier on, we had excess rains. It pains to note the reluctance of the Government to buy the maize. If you look at the HANSARD last year, every other Question has been on how to buy maize and protect the farmers of this nation. As I speak today, December 2008 was the last time the National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) bought maize from my area; Mosoriot and Kipkaren. The reason being given is that the stores were full with maize. I know that yesterday the Minister for Agriculture and the Minister of State for Special Programmes were in my constituency at Mosoriot depot, though they did not bother inviting me, so that I could take care of the hon. Minister in my constituency. All they had gone to do there was to look at how to remove the maize from the stores so that the Government can buy maize from the farmers. This is the end of January. What has happened? We have delayed buying the maize and farmers have sold it at a big loss in order to take their children to school, yet the Government is intending to buy maize. Is this the way to go? We must be ready and prepared to take care of the farmer if we really mean well. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Government has set aside only Kshs500 million to mop up the same. How many bags of maize is that going to buy? Will that be enough? I believe that is going to be enough to distribute only one kilogram of maize to every person in the dry areas. Where are we going to get the rest of the maize from? The Government must set aside enough money to ensure that we have this. With those few remarks, I want the Government to declare this drought a national disaster."
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