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    "id": 1049184,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1049184/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Tigania West, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. John Mutunga",
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        "legal_name": "John Kanyuithia Mutunga",
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    "content": "I am in support of agriculture in the view of organising the industry. Agriculture in this country is not in the top priority when it comes to funding. The resource allocation to agriculture in the 2018/2019 and 2019/2020 budgets shows that agriculture is above number ten. It is not in the top ten. If it is not in the top ten, we are not serious as a country because when we look at what happened during the COVID-19 pandemic, it is only agriculture which grew at 6.4 per cent without any support from anyone. Other industries, like health sector, grew because most of the money was directed there in order to contain COVID-19. So, as a country, we need to position ourselves properly and realise we have an advantage with a crop that can grow without requiring pesticides and insecticide, a crop that can do well in ASALs and realise that the country is 75-80 per cent ASAL. If we have most of the land and the crop is suitable to the land and we need to employ our people, therefore we can set up industries. The market is insatiable. So, why don’t we take advantage of this? I urge that this House supports this Bill and it grows into a legislation that will look at how we position this crop as one of the major crops that can help us move out of poverty and create wealth for the people of this country."
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