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    "id": 896546,
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    "speaker_name": "Migori CWR, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Pamela Ochieng",
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        "legal_name": "Pamela Awuor Ochieng",
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    "content": "we keep talking about food security, if we do not enable people to produce more food and save that food for days when we do not have we will never achieve this objective. My take on this is that beginning with Migori County where I come from and the people I represent here, we have good land and can produce enough food. However, most of the time, and I will allude to what one of my colleagues has said that the issue of fertiliser and the cost of production is high, and it is a hindrance. Most of the time, after producing that food it is wasted. On that note, I urge the President and all of us to be keen on value addition and food preservation. This is what agriculturalists call post-harvest mechanisms to ensure all Kenyans are fed from what we produce every year. Following that Address, we are talking about universal health. This is beyond ensuring there are hospitals within our areas in the country, having doctors and medicine. There is need to emphasise on means through which Kenyans can be healthy. We should emphasise on the issue of clean drinking water for all families in Kenya. Kenyans should drink, eat, sleep and grow healthy. It will be noted that much of our nation lacks clean drinking water. This is an area that our President and our leaders need to emphasise on so that as we talk about universal healthcare, we do not just wait to treat people who are already sick. We should grow a nation that is healthy and spends less on medicine. Much has been talked about fighting corruption. We will not tire because it is unfortunate that when the word corruption is mentioned in this country, some people are bold enough to equate it with some leaders. My take is that we do not know anybody in this country whose name is for example, Johnson Corruption. We only know people by their names. So, I urge the group of leaders and politicians who always want to draw mileage whenever the fight against corruption is mentioned to stop it. These leaders are quick to point out that somebody is fighting the Deputy President of this nation. Corruption has been such a cancer that is even eating people deep in the rural areas under their beds. Husbands hide family money from their own wives. Therefore, we need to come out as a nation; mothers, fathers and leaders, and condemn corruption. I would like to say something about the education system in our country. As an educator, there is no way we can say the four objectives will be achieved if we do not provide quality equitable education achievable. Some of our schools and universities are well equipped, but others do not have the very basics."
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