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    "id": 675510,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Maanzo",
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        "legal_name": "Daniel Kitonga Maanzo",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I am a member of the Departmental Committee on Agriculture, Livestock and Co-operatives. This matter of subsidised and poor quality fertiliser has been brought to us before in the last two years. We dealt with it and it has recurred. Although agriculture is devolved under the Constitution 2010, the NCPB continues to deal with fertiliser, through a clause on food security. It is a national issue which should be done by the national Government. There is a new law. Although quality is dealt with by a totally different body, the Kenya Bureau of Standards (KBS), it will be very important for all the bodies concerned to work together, so that farms are not poisoned by poor quality fertiliser. According to the report we had at that time, the fertiliser could not dissolve at all. It remained lumpy on top of the soil and then it poisoned it. As a committee, I am sure we will do our level best, but it is good for the Government to relook at the matter so that all the concerned organs can do their job properly."
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