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    "id": 105874,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/105874/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Dr. Wekesa",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Forestry and Wildlife",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Noah Mahalang'ang'a Wekesa",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Minister has had to deal with a very tight budget, despite these challenges, and it is showing that things are getting better. The money we are giving the Minister should be properly used. I am thinking particularly of the issue of farming; the farmer has always got a raw deal. If you look at the highly productive area of western Kenya and North Rift, the farmers there can produce enough food for this country. But I do not think the programmes that we have on the table and the finances that we give to the Minister for Agriculture are enough to ensure that we have enough food for our people. A hungry person is a very dangerous person. Kenya should not be importing food at all! We have now been a nation that year in, year out, we import food. This is not the situation that should be found in Kenya. As a colleague has said, Kenya has a very good climate; we have very good soils and hard working farmers. We only need to have proper programmes and better funding of the farming community, and we will get all the maize, beans, rice and sugar we need. But a lot has still to be done."
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