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    "id": 103254,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/103254/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Wamalwa",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 148,
        "legal_name": "Eugene Ludovic Wamalwa",
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    "content": "secure. Very soon Kenya would start exporting maize instead of importing. Even as we are refusing to pay farmers Kshs2,300 that we had promised--- I came from Kitale. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I am happy that the Minister is here. In Kitale, we have farmers who still have maize and they have not been paid for their deliveries of last season. They were last paid in February or March. From March, they have not been paid. They are owed over Kshs1 billion by the Government. We are demoralizing our farmers. We must do everything to pay our farmers for what they have produced. Even, more so, we should support farmers in difficult areas like Ukambani who have worked hard to produce. If we are a nation that is ready to pay Kshs3,000 to farmers in South Africa who have exported food to this country, why are we refusing to pay our farmers Kshs2,300 and yet, they have worked very hard to produce maize in this country? Are we really being fair to the farmers in this country? That is my question. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, as I support this Motion, I urge the Government to be more sensitive to the plight of maize farmers in this country. I am a maize farmer. We are not happy with the way the Government has treated maize farmers."
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