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    "id": 788085,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/788085/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. ole Sankok",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13166,
        "legal_name": "David Ole Sankok",
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    "content": "Independence to feed that population, you will see a burden. Our highlands have been our food basket because they receive above normal rainfall. Those highlands have been cultivated and tilled year in, year out. We have cultivated our highlands, riparian areas and even the doorsteps of farmers who live in the highlands. That land has developed nutrients fatigue. It is no longer able to sustain the amount of production it used to support several years ago. Most of the highlands have so many rivers that drain to the lowlands. But, unfortunately, they are arid and semi-arid areas. So, there is a lot of soil erosion in the highlands which have been our food basket. This, again, reduces the amount of food production despite the fact that our population has increased. The opposite is that when you go to ASAL areas, they are very fertile. That is because when soil erosion happens in the highlands, there is sedimentation of fertile soil to the lowlands. You will find our lowlands, which are ASAL areas, very fertile. But we are not able to tap into that land fertility because of inadequate rainfall. Therefore, this Bill will introduce irrigation which will make sure that we tap into those fertile areas in the lowlands."
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