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    "id": 788155,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kaunya",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Edward Oku Kaunya",
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    "content": "Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity. I stand to support this Bill. I am supporting it from the standpoint that this Bill will contribute to food security in the country a great deal. In the constituency I come from, Teso North, food insecurity has increased over the years. In the early 1970s, every home had a granary. Today, very few homes have granaries full of grains today. This Bill, with the formation of NIDA, will be the answer that we need to address food needs. Water supplies in this country is excess. The problem we have is - and I hope this Bill will address it - the maximisation of the use of the water to benefit our farmers and to produce enough food. We have a very important road in Teso North. It is a security road and one that is managed by the KeNHA, namely, the Busia-Malaba Road. If you pass there today, it has become a lake. It is full of water. Vehicles cannot pass through. That means that we have water which needs to be diverted for the purpose of irrigation. This water damages roads because it is in the wrong place. If we utilise all the water sources that we have, it will be good. Even the dry areas of Kenya like North Eastern always receive a lot of rainfall and experience flooding. Indeed, during the recent rains, we have witnessed a lot of overflooding in certain areas. We believe that 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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