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    "id": 1045042,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1045042/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wambua",
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        "legal_name": "Enoch Kiio Wambua",
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    "content": "on the shelves of the supermarket were branded and packaged in polythene bags. I developed interest and decided to do something with the help of colleagues to stop the exploitation of ndengu farmers in this country by middlemen. I am a strong advocate for fair treatment for our farmers across the value chains, be it maize, sugarcane, tea or coffee farmers. I have gone on record many times on the Floor of this House and in many forums pushing forward the agenda of empowering our farmers and protecting them from exploitation by middlemen. It is only in this country, I have said this many times, that an ordinary tea farmer from Kericho, or an ordinary coffee farmer from Nyeri cannot afford instant coffee or tea and yet they produce it. To the credit of their representatives in this Senate, the National Assembly and county assemblies across this country, the plight of those farmers has consistently been a matter of constructive engagement to save them. Madam Deputy Speaker, in the same breath, I am moving the Mung Beans Bill to bring national attention to the plight of ndengu farmers in other parts of this country. My pastoralists’ colleagues - and I have seen Sen. Pareno, Sen. (Dr.) Milgo and Sen. Farhiya are here - are pushing forward the agenda of their livestock farmers, and we"
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