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    "id": 924873,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/924873/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nyaribari Chache, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Richard Tong’i",
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        "legal_name": "Richard Nyagaka Tongi",
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    "content": "that affect exports and imports. We should look at what will work well for us. What can we do as a country? What is naturally grown here with minimal effort? Our land system is another concern. We must come up with a policy to define what we will do with our land. We cannot have land that is subdivided into uneconomical sizes where everybody wants to put up a structure. We are putting up structures on land that should have been left for agriculture. Countries like India, China and USA have come up with a system called ‘ecovillage’. It is a system that encourages people to live in one spot and leave the rest of the land for development. That is their policy and you cannot do anything about it. As a result, we have seen infrastructure development in those countries. As a country, we should go out of our way to put up schools, sewer and water systems and connect electricity so that we attract people to live in an ecovillage. We will free land for agriculture and development. One of the biggest contributors to our economy is agriculture. Once we fix those concerns, by default, we would have created employment for our youth. Gone are the days when we would want to pursue agriculture as a career. When we talk of employment, most of us think of white-collar jobs. We all know that many people who have made money in this world got it from the soil. The Bible talks about that. It talks about land and soil as being blessed. It says that where you step your feet, God will bless and whatever you put into your land, God will grow it. Food will be a blessing to all of us. We will be able to grow natural foods that are organic. When we grow organic foods, they are not only going to sell at a good price in the world market, but they will also ensure that, as a country, we have healthy people. If you look at the concerns we have nowadays, like cancer, they were not African issues because our foods were natural with no chemicals. I come from Kisii County. If you go to my constituency in a location called Keumbu, on your way to Kisii Town, you will be flooded with people selling bananas. It pains me when I see them selling them at a throwaway price. We have the most beautiful and tasty avocadoes in this part of the world. Most of these fruits are effortlessly grown. We should come up with a policy as a Government. I am happy with President Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta. He is working so hard to ensure that we get international markets for avocadoes. I cannot wait for that to happen. We have big production in Kisii…"
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