{"id":109743,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/109743/?format=json","text_counter":77,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Mr. Kiuna","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":54,"legal_name":"Joseph Nganga Kiuna","slug":"joseph-kiuna"},"content":"asked the Minister for Agriculture:- (a) how much metric tonnage of dried pyrethrum flowers the Pyrethrum Board of Kenya bought from farmers in the years 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009; (b) the current purchase price offered to the farmers by the Board per kilogramme of dried flowers delivered; and, (c) what the Ministry is doing towards raising their purchase price in order to phase out the middlemen who are offering better prices and paying on the spot."}