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    "id": 937921,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/937921/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mandera West, EFP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Yussuf Adan",
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        "legal_name": "Adan Haji Yussuf",
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    "content": "and an egg. All those items are produced by farmers. If the same farmers are not organised and are unable to produce and make money out of their sweat, then we are robbing and killing them. We who are not practising farming, but only rely on what has been farmed, will end up getting nothing. That may make the country to collapse. The highest insecurity you can have in a country is when there is no food security. Lack of food security is more insecure than Al-Shabaab . When there is no food, masses and communities are hungry. Farmers are not able to produce because of incurring losses season after season. They are not able to buy farm inputs and have no direction because they have nothing to guide them. Also, farmers are not registered and, therefore, ultimately, there will be food insecurity. As I said, food insecurity is more dangerous than Al-Shabaab and other forms of insecurity that we are currently facing and complaining about. This Motion is timely. I congratulate my colleague, Dr. Mutunga, who brought it. We should support it and make sure that it is passed. A Bill should be made out of it, passed and then the Committee on Implementation takes it up. Food security is important. The agriculture sector employs 75 per cent of the employment force in this county. It is an important sector. It is the backbone of our economy hence we should support it. With those few remarks, I support this Motion. Thank you."
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