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    "content": "without knowing whether it will rain again for them to germinate yet Ewaso Nyiro River is just passing next door. Yet Tana River is emptying water collected from Mt. Kenya region, from everywhere with all the nutrients into the Indian Ocean. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, a country like Israel, the shame of Africa, you go to a hotel and you see imported oranges, tomatoes from Israel. A country with the Niger River, Nigeria, is 80% arable and rain secure. They are importing tomatoes from Israel. In this country, every year--- and you will see even in this Senate and I have said this must change. You will see Senators here queuing to go to Israel to bench mark on farming, you will see it not once, and not twice they will keep going. I went once as foreign minister and a head of an institution asked me, what is wrong with your country? When I was an intern in this institution a delegation came to bench mark on farming. I have gone through the ranks I am now the managing director of the institution they are still coming to bench mark on farming. What is happening to your country? That is our problem; we let things move by nature. Initiatives are dead. In fact in government you find some ‘big man’ on top; if there are any innovative young men and women coming up they are transferred since they are considered threats to the big man. Sen. Dullo, this is a wonderful Motion. But this Motion probably would not have come if the implementation Committees of parliament work. This Senate and the National Assembly have committees on implementation. What is the role of the Committee on Implementation? It is to make sure that every resolution of Parliament, including legislation, is actualized by implementation and execution. Instead of doing that, you see the Committee in Malaysia and Philippines; benchmarking. We must change. This country will not be built by endless benchmarking everywhere. It will be built by people sitting down to study their problem, understand, appreciate and solve it. We can feed ourselves. Why is the country always in a crisis when we have failure of one rainy season? When this is happening, farmers in Trans Nzoia have maize in their stores rotting and the Government is bringing maize from Mexico. Women in Western Kenya sit with bananas on the roadside from morning to evening and Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I have also seen this in your County. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes"
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