Entry Instance

HTTP 200 OK
Allow: GET, PUT, PATCH, DELETE, HEAD, OPTIONS
Content-Type: application/json
Vary: Accept

{
    "id": 1088291,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1088291/?format=api",
    "text_counter": 180,
    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Murkomen",
    "speaker_title": "",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 440,
        "legal_name": "Onesimus Kipchumba Murkomen",
        "slug": "kipchumba-murkomen"
    },
    "content": "seeds, marketing strategy and the scientists who are looking after disease and nutrients for your crops. It is the duty of county governments to go to the ground level. Madam Temporary Speaker, the other day I tried small scale farming, and for the first time I realized that I have to look for professionals. I asked around for anyone who has a diploma from a Kenya Agricultural Research Institute (KARI) training college or the capacity to do it. Sometimes if you just do things haphazardly--- People must be willing to spend their resources. I know the challenge that the farmers have at the moment is that it is a bit costly for them to follow the proper procedure of having good seeds and good crop protection. However, the Government can give an incentive to people who are doing proper farming by giving them easy loans in the structure and form of the National and Constituency Development Fund (NG-CDF). That is a very important principle that is being perpetuated by the political side I believe in of the bottom-up approach. It calls for looking for the resources that will facilitate farmers to improve their crops and their livestock. In this case, it is the coffee crops. This will be the function of the county government. The problem with our governors and how Kenyans understood devolution was to have big structures, tall buildings and big offices. This was because of two reasons; one, people appreciate that the governor has done so well because he has a white house for an office. That is fantastic. He has a big office that he spent Ksh500 million to build. However, what if that Kshs500 million was given to farmers to improve their crop production and their coffee. For sure that Government would be appreciated because the farmers are more and they would vote them back. The legacy is long term because you improve the living standards of the people and they are able to take their children to school. They improve their lives. These are the things that we want county governments to concentrate on to make sure that they give out the necessary certificates and licences, enforce national legislation. When you say that you must not farm near a river, you enforce the national legislation. If we say that you must protect water source to facilitate irrigation, implement that national legislation. That is the role of the county government."
}