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    "id": 817922,
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    "speaker_name": "Nyaribari Chache, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Richard Tong’i",
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        "legal_name": "Richard Nyagaka Tongi",
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    "content": "I urge we set aside some resources so that we not only help people of the Coast but also identify other parts of the country where we can take advantage of the climate there. In Kisii, bananas are grown. They grow naturally. With minimal effort, we are able to grow very good quality of bananas. What is it we are doing with that banana? If you go to my Nyaribari Chache Constituency, on your way to Kisii Town near Keumbu, there are lots of bananas some of which go to waste just because we as a country have not invested in systems of harvesting the banana and keeping it safe to use in future. We harvest every day and it goes to waste because we do not have storage capacity and good cooling systems. I urge we identify those regions and set aside resources which will help those farmers to harvest their crops and keep them for posterity, until such a time they will be required for use. Let us identify market for our people to get the best prices possible. I was in China a couple of months ago. We were taken to some farms where I saw how they do their farming. No wonder they are flooding our markets here. The Government has gone out of its way to ensure that whatever they are harvesting is taken care of by storing the food and looking for market for their crop. We should do that. We do not have to reinvent the wheel; all we need to do is copy, paste and we succeed. With those few remarks, I support the Motion. I hope we will use it for the good of the country. We should use it to enhance the economy, to improve our taxes and our youth will get employment. Then we will address the issue of unemployment which is a major concern to us all as a nation. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker."
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