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    "id": 1053339,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1053339/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Emuhaya, ANC",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Omboko Milemba",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Jeremiah Omboko Milemba",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity. At the outset, I support this Bill by saying that Kenya, having been founded on agriculture as the main source of our economy, we need to harness all crops that require to be part of the scheduled crops. This particular crop, Bixa, is one of the crops that are doing very well especially at the Coast and it has several values. I am not mentioning all of them but things to do with drugs, lipstick, colouring and so on. So, the people of Lamu, Kwale and the coastal region will benefit immensely. If this one is actually scheduled as a crop, it will go a long way to actually then allow research in order to fund and expand its use. It will also go a long way to then create foreign exchange for the farmers and also allow research on this crop for its medicinal value, given that now we are struggling with COVID-19 and we do not know where the drug will really come from. This could be the area. Above all, farmers will gain in terms of the value of their crop. Hon. Deputy Speaker, I think this is a Bill that I want to fully support and without taking much time, I support it."
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