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    "id": 113876,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/113876/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Samoei",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Agriculture",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "William Samoei Ruto",
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    "content": " Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, in response to Mr. Outa, I want to thank him very seriously because I went with him to the areas that he has mentioned - South West Kano and West Kano. It is true that the Government has spent Kshs128 million in that project. I also want to assure him that under this programme, we have also set aside money to buy rice, especially Sindano, which does not find a ready market in Kenya. We are aware that the other varieties of rice find easy access to the market, except for Sindano rice. We have made that arrangement and under the stimulus package, the National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) has been instructed that, while it buys the maize this week, it will equally buy the Sindano rice from our farmers in Bunyala, South West Kano, West Kano and Mwea. In response to Dr. Nuh, the issue of land and how it is going to be distributed is an issue that is going to be discussed by the Ministry of Lands and the Ministry under which the National Irrigation Board (NIB) is domiciled; which is the Ministry of Water and Irrigation. But let me just point out that the Government is evaluating how farming is going to be undertaken from now to the future. Sub-dividing land into one and five acres and giving out to locals is not the way to enhance food production. We have to re- evaluate the whole concept of settling people on two, three and one acres and, instead, establish clear areas of settlement and leave the rest of the land for food production. That is the model we are using when we are resettling the IDPs at the moment. We are beginning to think how we are going to use land commercially for commercial production of food rather than sub-dividing land and creating slums in rural areas. So, we will be discussing that and I am sure hon. Members will be brought on board, so that we make the decisions collectively."
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