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    "id": 726895,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/726895/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Munene",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Mary Wambui Munene",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity to add my voice. I would like to speak to food security because the Government is trying so much to ensure that people get food. However, I am worried. As a Member of the Departmental Committee on Agriculture, Livestock and Cooperatives, I know that if we do not get enough rainfall, we will not have food. When people plant their crops, they cannot get good harvest. I would like to request the Government not to license people to cut trees. In the Mount Kenya region, where I come from, there is no forest anymore. I have been there for a long time. I used to see people being given alternative land to do farming and plant trees. After the trees grew, they would be given land in another area. Nowadays we no longer have such an arrangement. That is why we no longer get enough rainfall. Where I come from, we used to have River Gura, which used to have a lot of water flowing down from Mount Kenya. Now there is no water since people are doing irrigation. Irrigation is good because people want food, but if we allow trees to The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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