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    "content": "the fertilizers, but even animal feeds and farm inputs that you can think about. Our farmers do not benefit from any assistance from the Government. Would it not have made a lot more sense to say that, for example, instead of the Kshs60 billion that we are spending on building some of the super expressways, we can run such a successful subsidy programme that enables our farmers to produce more, so that they are able to pay more taxes? Once we collect enough taxes, we will be able to build roads without even having to seek very expensive loans. It is unfortunate. As one of the leaders observed, if you look at how this programme has been rundown from post-2017, it points to a political malice that someone sat down and realized that perhaps many of the farmers come from a region that someone does not like. It is unfortunate that a leadership can begin to look at its own people based on their political affiliation. It is completely immoral and gross. I hope that when the Ministry appears before the committee, they will come up with a revival plan that will ensure that farmers of tea, maize and other crops do not buy fertilizer at Kshs4,800 or Kshs4900. You cannot break even once you begin to buy a 50- kilogramme bag at Kshs4,900. Madam Deputy Speaker, you are a farmer and I am sure you know this. The Committee on Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries should speak on behalf of tea and coffee farmers and overall on behalf of all of us who represent people who depend on agriculture as their mainstay and livelihood."
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