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    "content": "There was a quarrel recently between the Government and the farmers. It was about the cost at which the Government wanted to buy maize from farmers. This country is a country of contradictions, we find it easier to import maize from Brazil, but much more difficult to pay a handsome reward to our farmers. We find it easier to borrow billions of shillings for infrastructure, but pay lip service to food security. What will it cost the Kenyan Government and successive governments since independence to pay more for the production of maize? I will tell you that farmers in Ukambani are finding it difficult to plant maize for commercial purposes. They are doing it for subsistence. Why? There are no returns. It is so much better to plant something that will give you returns. We are now doing macademia. We are being offered Kshs145 for a kilogramme which is far much rewarding than planting maize. The country is food insecure because we are generally disorganized. To agree with Sen. Cheruiyot, these authorities upon authorities have done nothing, but squander public funds, doing nothing, lazing around and collecting allowances. Why have we not done an audit of this function of agriculture? When we began the Senate in the year 2013, in transition to devolved government, the governors brought to us various petitions on devolved functions. One of the functions that have been devolved by lip service is the function of agriculture."
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