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    "id": 896520,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/896520/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Tigania West, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. John Mutunga",
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        "legal_name": "John Kanyuithia Mutunga",
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    "content": "importance of agriculture as the backbone of this economy. We lack the linkage between agriculture and the Big Four Agenda. We probably need to understand that better. If there is a problem that affects us most as MPs, it is the one of being unable to employ Kenyans. We have very many Kenyans who are leaving institutions of learning and yet, they do not have jobs. I believe there is a potential in agriculture to employ many Kenyans. We can link that with the delivery of food, nutrition, security and containment of health. A greater proportion of ill-health is linked to nutrition. Delivery of jobs could also come through manufacturing, especially where we turn around production systems in agriculture to give us raw materials and then emphasise on processing. So, lack of job creation has not come out very strongly in the Address. It is a major problem that is affecting this country. The other issue that I picked from this speech is that of security. I am looking at internal security in this case. We are seeing a major problem emerging in terms of deviance in our localities. The law enforcement system is crumbling. We are having serious problems with increased consumption of illicit brews and abuse of other substances within the localities. Where I come from, many people are consuming alcohol today than ever before. Security system and its management is the problem. It is like what we used to call “Provincial Administration” in the Ministry of Interior and Co-ordination of National Government. It is unable to contain that menace. Young people are consuming alcohol and the police system seems to be supporting this issue because they are not arresting people. Instead, they are collecting money. When we talk about corruption, we are saying that systems are crumbling and everybody is looking for money. In this case, people do not do their work and they end up collecting money from individuals to contain some of those issues. That is not the correct thing to do. We are going in the wrong direction. We would like a focus on this area and tighten the belt, especially in the domain of internal security. The Ministry of Interior and Co-ordination of National Government needs to look into that. The issue of factor productivity did not come out very strongly, especially in the linkage with job creation. We see land diminishing. What we call potential areas are being put into alternative use. We expect the potential areas to be put on agricultural use. Our Land Act is wrong. It does not ring-fence agricultural land as such. When you go to other countries like Canada, the United States of America which we benchmark with, agricultural land is ring- fenced. Nobody can do anything else on agricultural land. We are allowing buildings to be erected on agricultural land in this country. Land is going away. We are not looking at Kenya as a country that is young. Much of our population is young. We will need food in the future. We are doing away with potential areas and we are using our land for erection of buildings. Therefore, we are taking land away from agricultural use. We are, in this case, creating a problem that will haunt us in the future. If we want to leave this country better for our younger generations, we need to preserve land. I support. Thank you."
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