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    "id": 788150,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Hulufo",
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        "legal_name": "Hassan Oda Hulufo",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for the opportunity to speak to this Bill. I would like to start by saying that this is a very important Bill. Definitely, as a country, we need to be food-secure. We have the potential to be a food-secure country. Unfortunately, if we continue relying on rain-fed agriculture, we are not going to be food-secure. Most of our irrigation potential, as of today, lies in Kenya's Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (ASAL) areas where some of us come from. Therefore, unless we invest in water harvesting as provided for by this Bill, we may not be able to feed our population, which is approaching 50 million. Agriculture has been and continues to be a key engine for growth in our country. It caters for roughly 75 per cent of our food needs. The same proportion of our population relies on agriculture for its income directly or indirectly. Therefore, bearing in mind the climate change The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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