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    "id": 1114959,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1114959/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kiminini, FORD-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr.) Chris Wamalwa",
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        "legal_name": "Chrisantus Wamalwa Wakhungu",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for giving me this opportunity. First and foremost, I will comment on the Petition about animal feeds. It is true as we speak right now; the prices of animal feeds have skyrocketed. Even the farmers cannot break even. In my own village, we had a very successful farmer called Njoroge who was doing very well in dairy farming. He even sold His Excellency the President a bull at a cost of Kshs2 million. He has closed down and the reason he will tell you is the animal feeds are very expensive and one of the critical contributor is taxation. Even the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning needs to look into this matter because when it comes to dairy farming and matters of poultry, farmers are no longer breaking even. It has become very difficult especially at such a time of the pandemic. Businesses have closed down and the Government needs to come up with a policy on how it can help those farmers in terms of reducing their production costs so that they can compete favourable. On the other petitions on land, land is a very critical matter. It is a factor of production. How I wish that the National Land Commission can look into the aspects of historical injustice so that it can advise accordingly. The issue of squatters is not only in Kilifi, but even in Trans Nzoia. Issues of titling, historical injustices and all that should be looked into. We have had similar petitions coming to the Floor of the House. We wonder whether they are resolved or maybe it is an issue of a PR exercise. The Committee on Implementation needs to tell us because these petitions are not new on the Floor of the House. They have come before and they have been repeating. So, the relevant committees need to look for an overall solution once and for all. I thank you, Hon. Speaker."
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