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    "id": 1012786,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1012786/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Sakaja",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Johnson Arthur Sakaja",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, the colleagues who have spoken before me have shown the extent to which this is an important Statement. I thank Sen. Wetangula for bringing the concern of farmers to the Floor of the House. Some of us are farmers so we are interested in the issues affecting agriculture. There is a huge outcry in Trans Nzoia because most of the farmers at whatever scale feel that they have just been cashiers to the Government this year. There was a rumoured figure of Kshs2,500 that is to be offered but that does not even cut the cost or match what has been put in maize farming. I wish the Chairperson of the Committee on Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries was here because there is need for a very candid conversation around agriculture in the Western part of this country on the farming of maize and sugarcane. I am sure Sen. Wetangula will agree that we cannot keep doing the same things, the same time all the time and expect different results. The biggest cause of poverty in Western Kenya today is the farming of maize and sugar cane. Very many of my neighbours in Trans Nzoia are moving away from maize farming to horticulture, coffee and macadamia farming which are not sustainable. There is a reason why that part of the country was focused on maize farming. That region has the endowment to give good yields. If we are talking about the food security as part of the Big Four Agenda yet we cannot support the bread basket of this country, then we are talking at cross purposes. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
}