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    "id": 736551,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Wandayi",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "James Opiyo Wandayi",
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    "content": "If it were to happen going by the pace it has been moving, this Government will require another 50 years. These are years that Kenyans cannot give them. You understand that as we speak, the price of a two-kilogramme packet of maize flour is going for an average of Kshs150 up from about Kshs90 towards the end of last year. If things do not change, that price is going to double in the next couple of months. What are Kenyans supposed to do, yet we know that the issue of food is a matter that has caused upheavals in countries? The issue of food can cause serious social unrest and it is the duty of the Government in power whether elected properly or rigged in like this one, to address the issue of food. If a Government abdicates its very key basic responsibility of addressing food security, it has got no business pretending that it is governing. Luckily, Kenyans have a date with this Jubilee administration on 8th August. Hopefully, it will be sent home so that a new Government can be put in place, a Government that is responsive to the plight of the people. More importantly, the reason why we see the agriculture sector collapsing is not because the people in Government have no idea of what needs to be done, it is because there is not goodwill. There is no will to do it. They have no will to do anything because in a crisis such as the one we find ourselves in, there are opportunities for rent seekers. There are opportunities for 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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