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    "id": 1046155,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1046155/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Ndwiga",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Peter Njeru Ndwiga",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I thank you for giving me this opportunity. First, I congratulate Sen. Wambua for sponsoring this Bill. Sen. Wambua sponsored this Bill before he was appointed as the Vice-Chairperson of the Committee on Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries. The Committee on Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries undertook extensive public participation on this Bill. We went to Kitui to do public participation and the enthusiasm that we saw in there was overwhelming. The women as well as young farmers in Kitui expressed great enthusiasms. I nostalgically remember the day that we had a meeting with the farmers of Kitui on this Bill. I join the Senators who have spoken in support of this Bill and the reasons that they have given thereof. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the African Continent will never get off its feet if we keep thinking in the last century. It is time we woke up as a continent. We were established by our former masters, the colonialists, as people who produced for them. However, we forget that by thinking outside the box, we could be even better exporters. I would like to invite this House to an episode where the Prime Minister of India visited this country and it was agreed that we would produce mung beans and export them to India. However, when they went back to India, instead of importing our mung beans, they mobilized their farmers to produce mung beans. That move left all the mung beans that we produced in this country with no market. ‘ Tumerogwa na nani? ’"
}