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    "id": 1132858,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1132858/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kandara, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Alice Wahome",
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        "legal_name": "Alice Muthoni Wahome",
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    "content": "funding? Were the housing funds delayed? Is it poor execution of projects? Is it the cartels that always want to control things? Are there people planning on how to get into this issue? I was also unhappy because I did not hear of good progress in the tea and coffee sectors. Farmers in my county and in tea and coffee growing areas have been waiting for better returns on their produce. We still do not have that. Therefore, farmers require subsidies on fertilisers. Those products are still very expensive and the Government has not taken this mater seriously by providing sufficient subsidies. Maize farming has literally collapsed. These people know why projects like the Galana Kulalu Irrigation Scheme have not taken off. I will say this on the Floor of the House that the information coming forward is that cartels have killed the Galana-Kulalu Project. Therefore, on food security, especially with the famine going on in Turkana and North Eastern which always happens, Kenyans are faced with a problem. Generally, the case of the economy was not well addressed. I do not think that it is fair to say that we have had good growth. Was it 0.6 per cent? Even though we appreciate that there is the COVID-19 pandemic, the manner in which we have handled it does not augur well. We have been slow even in terms of vaccination. We have not been told who misused the money meant for COVID-19 interventions. Therefore, we could have possibly done very well had we put in place proper mechanisms for interventions, so that the people whose businesses closed can properly access funding. The youth are still waiting…"
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