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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. F.K. Wanyonyi",
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        "legal_name": "Ferdinard Kevin Wanyonyi",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker for giving me this chance to contribute to the Motion. I was wondering whether I was going to have a chance to talk about it. I support the Motion. It is good that the President personally attended the Conference to sign this Agreement in Paris. I want to congratulate him on the same. If you look at the issue of agriculture, you will realise that this week, we had a presentation by some technocrats from the Egerton University, who talked about food security strategy in this country. They explained why our food security strategy has been affected. One of the reasons is that the rain cycle in this country is unpredictable. Weather forecast cannot be relied upon. The weatherman will predict a certain type of weather but the outcome turns out to be the opposite. I come from the North Rift region. In Nairobi, we are currently having heavy rainfall at a time when we should not. That, again, is affecting our agricultural activities. There is the possibility of having food shortages next year because the harvests have been affected in both South Rift and North Rift because of unpredictable weather cycle. Again, if you look at what we have here, you will find that because of the greed and population pressure in our country, our forests have been cleared. The Mau Forest is one of the major forests in this country, but it has been destroyed and people have settled in it. Mount Elgon Forest has also been cleared. The rains are not going to come at all. Hon. Deputy Speaker, Kakamega Forest is the only tropical rain forest in the region. About three weeks ago, as I passed through that area, I realised that there is a lot of encroachment into the forest. The danger is that the weather patterns have changed completely. This phenomenon is caused by man-made problems."
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