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"speaker_name": "Karachuonyo, ODM",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Adipo Okuome",
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"content": " I thank my friend, Hon. Atandi, for bringing this Motion to the House. It is important as it touches the heart of everyone. It concerns everybody. A country with no food is not a country. Any country must be able to feed itself. Since the beginning of time, Kenya has been known as an agricultural country, yet we do not seem to be acting like one. It is a pity that Kenya imports food. Sometimes we do not even have enough food to the extent that our people are portrayed as suffering the most on the continent, yet we have the capacity to produce food."
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"speaker_name": "Karachuonyo, ODM",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Adipo Okuome",
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"content": "In order for us to produce more food, we need fertilisers. If we import fertilisers, we will pay more for food than if we produced our own fertilisers. Where I come from, people do not use fertilisers, but they still harvest food. If they had fertilisers, they would produce more food per acre. I support the idea of locally manufacturing fertiliser because it will be available to more people and, therefore, we will produce more food. That will reduce the cost of living because we will produce more agricultural products as a country and manage the production so that everybody gets food."
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"speaker_name": "Karachuonyo, ODM",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Adipo Okuome",
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"content": "I support this Motion because if we produce our own fertiliser, we will also employ more people to manufacture it. Due to high unemployment rates, we must think of how to create employment and this is just one area that can help us to do so. We must put in a lot of effort in this area. To do this efficiently, we should train our students on various types of agricultural activities so that when we begin to manufacture fertilisers locally, we will have well-trained staff to do it. That is the only way that we can increase food production in this country. I support the Motion."
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"speaker_name": "Hon. Rachael Nyamai",
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"content": " Hon. Members, before we proceed, I would like to welcome students seated in the Speaker's Gallery this morning. We have students from Nairobi Comprehensive School from Dagoretti North Constituency, Nairobi County. We also have in the Public Gallery students from Bishop Lawi Imathiu Primary School, North Imenti Constituency, Meru County, and Koinange Comprehensive School from Kinangop Constituency, Nyandarua County. You are welcome to observe the proceedings of the National Assembly. On behalf of the House, I will give a chance to Hon. Marwa Kitayama of Kuria East Constituency to welcome the students. You are the first one on the list. Please, welcome the students and proceed to debate the Motion."
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"speaker_name": "Kuria East, UDA",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Maisori Kemero",
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"content": " Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me this opportunity. First and foremost, I would like to welcome our students who have found time to come to this august House. This is the people's House. This is your House. This is where you send your Members of Parliament to come and discuss, debate, and articulate issues which concern the nation at large. I encourage all of you that even as you continue to pursue your studies, you may find it appropriate to have a broad array of career choices, but if all of you end up in Parliament, the better. That way, we can make Kenya better together. I also take this opportunity to join all parents who sent their children to school, and who are going back home. I am with you in prayer. This House prays for journey mercies as your The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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"speaker_name": "Kuria East, UDA",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Maisori Kemero",
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"content": "children travel back home. I pray that our children find favour at home as they proceed to do their homework and to study. I thank the teachers who have continually taken care of our children. As you send the children home, we pray that God may bless your families because you have done well this term. Before I contribute to the Motion, I want to recognise students from Gibarori Primary School in Kuria East Constituency. I acknowledge that they are also part of the proceedings today and I wish them well. I also thank my teachers because this year, we had the highest ever number of students qualifying for university. Kuria East Constituency registered 713 students in university, something that has never happened in the past. I acknowledge the collaboration of everyone in Kuria East Constituency, including the parents who support us."
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"speaker_name": "Kuria East, UDA",
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"content": "It is not rocket science that the Government is subsidising fertiliser so that we can increase production. It is the right thing to do. It goes without saying that the foreign exchange that is used to import fertiliser creates employment in other countries and we end up losing in the process. We are also losing money that we could have used to set up fertiliser factories so that we can employ the thousands and thousands of students that we churn out of our universities every year."
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"speaker_title": "Hon. Maisori Kemero",
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"content": "I also note that this subsidy programme was initially met with a lot of skepticism, but now that it has become successful, we have new emerging challenges. Cartels have moved into this space to get cheap fertiliser, hoard it, and sell it at exorbitant prices. Establishing our own factories, creating employment and ensuring timely supply of fertiliser also encourages research. We thank our universities for their good work. However, this is another area that we can provide space for research to be done in order to broaden the minds and knowledge of our people. As we affirm that we are good, the entire world knows that we are good. We have very innovative young people. If you go world over, you will not miss a Kenyan in a research institution or a factory. This is the way to go so that we create space for them to contribute to national building. I support the Motion. I pray that this House passes the Motion and the Implementation Committee pushes it to a level that we will see action. I want to advise the Executive that this is an area that they can easily find favour with the people of Kenya if they invest in it appropriately. I also urge the Trade Department to propose laws that are friendly so that there is ease of doing business and investors can come in easily. At the end of the day, everybody will go home feeling that they can invest in this country. When they do so, they will be useful in this part of the world."
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"content": "(Hon. (Dr) Rachael Nyamai): Thank you very much, Member for Kuria East. Hon. Members, I understand that the Deputy Speaker had agreed that whoever wants to contribute to this Motion can use the intervention button. So, we will follow that. Hon. Zanzam Chimba, the Member for Mombasa"
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"speaker_name": "Mombasa County, ODM",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Zamzam Mohammed",
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"content": " Asante, Mhe. Spika wa Muda kwa kunipa fursa hii. Kwanza nataka kuwaambia watu wangu wa Mombasa kuwa hawakuniona maana nilikuwa katika likizo ya miezi miwili nikiugua. Sasa mimerudi. Wataniona Bunge nikichapa kazi. Nachukua fursa hii kumpongeza Mhe. Atandi kwa kuleta Mswada huu unaosisitiza tuwe na viwanda vyetu vya mbolea ili tuboresha ukulima katika taifa hili. Tuongeze viwanda vyetu vya kutengeneza mbolea. Tunaagiza mbolea kutoka mataifa ya nje kwa sababu viwanda vyetu havitoshelezi wakulima wote. Kwa hivyo, Serikali ikiwekeza kwa ujenzi wa viwanda vya mbolea itatuletea faida kubwa. Vijana wetu watapata ajira. Tunavyojua, wakati huu na wakati wa Corona, vijana wengi walipoteza kazi na nafasi za kazi zimekuwa haba. Tukiongeza viwanda vya kutengeneza mbolea, vitatoa nafasi za ajira kwa vijana katika taifa letu. Mwaka jana, Mhe. Naibu Spika, dada yetu Gladys Sholei alileta Mswada kuhusu mbolea za sumu zilizokuwa zikiingia katika taifa hili. Wakulima walikuwa wakizitumia bila The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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