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    "id": 1048848,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1048848/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve",
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        "id": 13188,
        "legal_name": "Getrude Musuruve Inimah",
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    "content": "because we have to see ways of encouraging our famers. If they are not farming, we have to give them an alternative means. There is need for the Ministry of Interior and Co-ordination of National Government to come up with mechanisms that will ensure that the farmers who are not planting during this time have another way of surviving. If they are idle and their families are not taken care of, they are likely to get into behaviours that are undesirable. Madam Deputy Speaker, we also need to know that farming is a source of employment and income. Let us look for mechanisms of ensuring that we protect these farmers. Even if they are planting, the thugs who hide in the maize plantations should be flushed out. The onus is on the Government to ensure it protects farmers and gives them the security that they need. If we shy away, the farmer’s life will be doomed. I hope that the Committee that is going to investigate this matter will be very fair and ensure that we protect our farmers in this country. Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. I support."
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