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    "id": 896616,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nandi CWR, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr.) Tecla Tum",
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        "legal_name": "Tum Tecla Chebet",
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    "content": " Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I rise to support the President's Address. The President talked about his obligations in the Big Four Agenda on food security. Agriculture is the mainstay of our economy. It creates 60 per cent of the jobs in Kenya. But there are concerns that farmers and traders have 16.3 million bags in their stores and the Government has four million bags yet there are people who are dying in Turkana, Baringo and other arid areas. So, when we talk about food security, the Government should buy the 16.3 million bags to take care of people who are dying in our nation. Another issue the President talked about is environmental sustainability. Climate change is here with us. Right now, people have not planted because they do not have money. We should be weeding our farms now, but farmers do not have money to do so. So, when climate change is here with us, it means we will be having diseases. People and animals will be dying. We will not achieve universal healthcare if we do not take care of our forests. We need to practice afforestation and not deforestation in our nation. Another issue is security. We know that our country is safe, but we need to take care of women and children. There is a high rate of gender-based violence in Kenya. A case in point is Nandi County. Kericho County is another one and there are others. Women are raped and children are killed. Because the state of security is good, we have to take care of the Kenyan women. We have enough security personnel and when crime happens, they need to report and take the victims to wherever they need to be taken. Many times, those who rape are HIV positive. So, we do not want our women and children to die when we have security personnel. On the BBI, we accept it and are in it, but one section should not say that they are doing better than the other. They do not have “thermometers” to measure who is fighting it. Let us build the country together. We should not show that we are better than others. We are here to support the unity of our nation. Let us not bring in organisations and institutions in our discussions in Parliament. The DCI knows his role and no one should assist him. We should all assist the DCI, the DPP and others. Let nobody show that they are doing better than others. They have not measured us and do not have “thermometers”. We are here to support the Government fully. This is our Government. Nobody should talk better than the other. We are here to bring peace. We are not here to advocate for differences in the House. 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."
}