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    "id": 1046817,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kipipiri, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Amos Kimunya",
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        "legal_name": "Amos Muhinga Kimunya",
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    "content": "I am very happy with this and I do believe that once it is a scheduled crop, it will receive the treatment that it deserves and we will be able to do further research on it. I have heard people giving different benefits. I am not sure how many of these have been scientifically documented and whether it is good for the blood or we men. We do not know, but at least, when it is scheduled, we will be able to get more documentation and further research. However, most importantly, how can we get more value addition? This is because it is an industrial plant. It is not the kind of thing that people will just pick and take to their house and consume. It still has to go through some processes. Through that value addition, the farmers in Kwale... I am sure of that because of the role to be played by the County Government of Kwale as agriculture and industrialisation is devolved. So, even as we do it here, I would like to urge Members also to scale it down to Kwale so that it can also receive the attention at the county government and hence they can put in more support on it. That is why some of us are very passionate about the proposal to increase the money to the county governments to a minimum of 35 per cent. It is through using those funds that the County Government of Kwale will be able to scale up the industrial exploitation of bixa plus other plants within the Kwale region so that the people of Kwale can have their quality of life improved because of what God provided for them that can grow in those areas. I am not quite sure it will grow in Gilgil but once it grows in Gilgil, I am sure it will grow in Kipipiri. So, we will experiment with Gilgil and since we share the same climate of the semi-arid region, together with Naivasha and other areas, we can benefit. Let me not talk too much, so that a few Members can get a chance. But I really want to congratulate Hon. Tandaza for bringing this debate into the House, rather than keeping it out there in political rallies as most of us are doing. We keep telling our farmers we are going to do this, but it never gets to the House. This one has been brought to the House and I believe we will support so that the people of Kwale can reap the benefits of that crop."
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