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    "content": "kinds of agreements and bringing in maize from elsewhere, when we have maize rotting in the farmers’ stores. Sen. (Prof.) Kamar’s Statement is important, but this is a matter that requires a Motion for Adjournment for this House to demonstrate its disgust and support for the farmer. I no longer deliver my maize to the National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) because that is a highway to bankruptcy. I farm my maize, keep it at home and distribute it to those who I can for free. I even use them to feed my animals, which includes chicken where necessary. This is because I will not get any returns if I take them to NCPB. Where do we go from here? We must strive to revive these institutions or their equivalent. The Kenya Farmers Association (KFA) or the Agricultural Finance Corporation (AFC) now lends money to people to buy houses instead of lending it to farmers to farm. I agree with Sen. Murkomen that we must devolve NCPB to the level where they mop up and buy maize from farmers up to the ward level. We sat in Mombasa and said that we were handing over NCPB to the county governments to manage them where they are. However, this has not been done up to now. The NCPB has now become another National Youth Service (NYS), where people are just delivering air. Kenyans are very ingenious; I have seen an advert by someone saying that the NYS has invited people to supply sunlight, air, water and wind and the amounts involved are billions. I want to end by urging Kenyans to stand up for the farmer. Food security is not about importing rice from India and Pakistan or bringing maize from Mexico. It is about that farmer who toils and moils from morning to evening to feed himself and his neighbor and take the remainder of his crop in the market to feed other Kenyans. That is where our food security lies, but it will not come until and unless we appreciate, support and protect the farmer. Thank you, Sen. (Prof.) Sen. (Prof.) Kamar, for bringing that Statement."
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