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"speaker_name": "Mr. Githae",
"speaker_title": "The Minister for Nairobi Metropolitan Development",
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"content": " Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity. I support the Motion. It is sad that yet again we are here talking about drought, starvation and death of livestock. The curse of Kenya is maize. Maize is grown in areas that are not suitable for growing the crop. In Kenya, there are only two areas where maize should be grown, namely in Kitale and Trans Nzoia. Those are the maize growing zones. No wonder that they have got so much maize that they do not even know what to do with it. The Minister for Forestry and Wildlife, Dr. Wekesa, has more than 20,000 bags in his store. The issue is not lack of food. It is more of a distribution problem, and that is what we should be tackling. There are areas with so much maize. There are areas where it is still raining, as Mr. Shakeel has just informed us here. What we need to tackle is distribution. The National Cereals and Produce Board should purchase all the maize that is in Trans Nzoia and Kitale. This should be done immediately so that this food can be distributed to the areas that do not have food. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the curse of this country is maize because we stopped growing our traditional foods. We used to grow cassava but we no longer do that. We used to grow millet, cow peas, sweet potatoes and ndengu, which is my favourite food. When you start growing---"
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