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"speaker_name": "Funyula, ODM",
"speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo",
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"content": " On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Speaker."
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"content": "(Hon. (Dr) Rachael Nyamai): Deputy Leader of the Majority Party, you seem to be attracting a lot of points of order. You have another one from the Member for Funyula."
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"content": " Hon. Temporary Speaker, my good friend is diverting attention. Honestly speaking, it is not the sole business of Hon. Amisi to scout for investors to come and invest in Trans Nzoia County in a fertiliser manufacturing plant. It is on record that the current President has globe-trotted the world for the last three to four years, yet a single fertiliser plant has not been set up. Restrict yourself to the debate."
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"content": "(Hon. (Dr) Rachael Nyamai): What exactly is out of order?"
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"content": " It is politically out of order to incite the public against Hon. Amisi for no apparent reason."
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"content": "(Hon. (Dr) Rachael Nyamai): You have made your point. Hon. Baya, focus on the subject matter. I am now forced to defend Hon. Amisi. In the interest of time, I see six Members who would like to speak. Hon. Members, we did not agree on reducing time. So, you still have ten minutes. However, if all of you would like to speak, you may choose to speak for four to five minutes. Please, finalise."
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"speaker_name": "Kilifi North, UDA",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Owen Baya",
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"content": " I will restrict myself to five minutes, so that I can save time. Investors come into this country to invest. Firstly, they bring in foreign direct investment into the country, which helps this country to grow its Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Secondly, when investments are made here, productivity goes up. When the productivity of the country goes up, we become a more food-secure country. I want to urge leaders that even as they point out mistakes of this Ministry for not doing various things, they should also look at it as leaders. When you say you must start at the top, there is always somebody at the top in the county and constituency. It requires all of us to hold hands together to ensure that we move this country forward. Usually, a leader at the top uses others to influence change. Change cannot be influenced if other leaders are not joining hands. We must bring change in the area of manufacturing fertiliser in this country to ensure that we are food-secure as a country. This Motion by Hon. Samuel Atandi is timely. The rains are here, and farmers are looking for 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": "Kilifi North, UDA",
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"content": "fertiliser, but there is scarcity. We can do better as a country when we ensure that we have more investors coming to invest in the fertiliser sector. The other issue is with seeds. In my constituency, everybody is saying that they want seeds. They want planting material that can help them grow food. The people in this country are not lazy. They are industrious people who know if they grow food, they will become food- secure, food-sufficient, and poverty will leave their homes. As leaders, are we doing enough to ensure that we give them planting materials to ensure we have more food? I want to support you, my brother, Hon. Samuel Atandi, for the good thoughts. These are good thoughts for our country. We must manufacture more fertiliser in the country. If we have a bumper harvest, the prices of goods and inflation come down. When inflation comes down, there is less expenditure, families are able to save more and have disposable income for families. They can pay school fees for their children and do development for themselves. I want to urge Members of Parliament, even Hon. Samuel Atandi, who has enough disposable income, to set up a small fertiliser factory in his village. I know Hon. Millie had set up another small factory for fertiliser. You can make money out of it, but also help farmers. Hon. (Prof.) Oundo has also worked for many years. He has enough money to invest in a small fertilizer factory, not to forget Hon. Ng’elechei. If everybody goes the cottage industry way and sets up a small fertiliser factory in their constituency, we will bring down the cost of food production. Hon. Temporary Speaker, I know the people of Mutomo want a small fertiliser factory, and you have some money. Set up a small fertiliser factory there so that you can bring down the cost of fertiliser. I can see Hon. Millie smiling because she is thinking about setting up one tomorrow. She has money. If everybody invests in agriculture, we will make this country a better country. It will be food sufficient. Agricultural produce transitions to manufacturing. If you have enough milk, you can set up a small milk production centre. When we have industries and manufacturing being set up, we will solve the problem of joblessness and poverty in this country. I urge anybody who has money somewhere that instead of doing other things, set up factories for fertiliser, better seeds and better planting materials so that we can increase our output in agriculture in this country. That way, we will make Kenya a better country. I thank you and I want to support my brother, Hon. Samuel Atandi, on this Motion."
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"content": "(Hon. (Dr) Rachael Nyamai): Thank you very much. I would like to give a chance to the Member for Turkana North. I am very sorry. I did not know that you were in the House. Go ahead, Hon. Paul Nabuin."
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"speaker_name": "Turkana North, ODM",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Paul Nabuin",
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"content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for the opportunity to add my voice to this Motion by Hon. Atandi. Growing up in the early school years in northern Kenya, we were told that agriculture is the backbone of the economy. That narrative continues to this day. However, it is surprising that we are being told manufacturing has been a focus of subsequent Governments for a while now. Looking at what the Government is doing to set up manufacturing institutions in various sectors like medicine and agriculture, it is clear that much is not being done. Agriculture requires fertiliser, and I have heard the Leader of the Majority Party mention that there are a number of companies manufacturing fertiliser yet he also confirms that the supply of this fertilizer to farmers remains low which means that the country has not done much in terms of manufacturing fertiliser. We still import fertilisers, and our farmers struggle to receive and utilise the imported products. At the same time, we have extensive - 60 per cent - arable land in the country, but the arid and semi-arid areas have been neglected. No one has considered setting up agricultural spaces in these regions. Indeed, if the country was focused on food production, it could produce 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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