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    "content": "and give them information on how to improve their farming activities. Farmers will get the right information and services through this Board that will be formed by this Authority so that they can do the irrigation services that they need. Another major thing that I also see in the Bill is the budget. It is also good that counties are advised on the allocation of money to this sector because you cannot just do irrigation with little money. This will improve the budget allocation to agriculture because today, we see counties giving priority to other services like road infrastructure and leaving out agriculture which is a very important sector. This framework will advise or give direction on budget allocation. Madam Temporary speaker, land or environmental management is also an important thing that I saw in the Bill. It is becoming a big issue where people are just building everywhere without plan. When we separate and zone our lands in order to have agricultural and urban development land, I think we shall improve as a country in terms of agriculture. Finally, the Bill has also put measures in place with regard to the issue of drought mitigation, which is of great interest because of the lesson that we have learnt already from the very long dry spell. We need drought mitigation measures as a country. At the moment, we do not receive a lot of rain. If we could plan with the little that we receive, we can harness and harvest the water and encourage people to use that water for irrigation purposes. I support this Bill and urge my colleagues to support it too. I also advise the Ministry to move with speed and implement proposals contained in this Bill so that we can save this country the great amount of money that we spend on food importation and health due to malnutrition. This is a Bill that everyone should support."
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