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    "id": 823567,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Aldai, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Cornelly Serem",
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        "legal_name": "Cornelly Serem",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for this opportunity to contribute to this Motion by Hon. Baya. I congratulate Members of Parliament from Coast and I also remind them that they should not whine about other areas getting subsidies from Government if they do not bring their own Motions. I am sure if there are areas that have benefited from Government it is because there are Members of Parliament who are active on the same. I rise not because I come from Coast, but because I recognise that coconut products are very important for this country. The children and families that live in Kilifi are part of the big family called Kenya. If we address the issue that touches on farmers at the Coast, we will have addressed issues that touch on farmers all over the country. Apart from measures that are addressed by the Member on this Motion, I want to bring amendments in future so that the issue of value addition is also attached to the same so that farmers in Coast do not only sell raw products but sell products that can be exported. Few months ago, I was in Kilifi and I was impressed by value addition which is done on coconut products at KIE in Kilifi. I wish more can be done in Malindi and other areas that grow the same crop. We can discuss more that we see through the naked eye, but there are things that are unforeseeable like drought. What is it that we can do to address the issue of natural calamities? Maybe irrigation could be a factor that farmers at the Coast should look into. You cannot have a whole ocean and say that you have no water. Something of that nature can be looked at so that you can pump and have irrigation to address issue of drought in Coast. 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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