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"speaker_name": "Bondo, ODM",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Gideon Ochanda",
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"content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. As I rise to contribute to this, at the outset I want to say that we are living a lie as a country and as a nation. Our technocrats are lying to the leaders and the leaders are lying to the public. This is happening all over, and if we do not get to some corrective arrangement, we are not going anywhere. We cannot be told that the economy is growing and yet, our food is the highest priced in this region. If you look across all our borders, whether you are in Kiyunga, Moyale or Busia, everybody is going to buy food across the other side. Food is cheaper in Tanzania, Somalia where there is no government, in Ethiopia and Uganda. When we are talking of food security, what do we mean, when we are unable to have food in a manner that people can afford? If we 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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