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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Ruteere",
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        "legal_name": "Silas Muriuki Ruteere",
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    "content": "your integrity to credibility. If you do not, that credibility is lost. So, if we have such personalities in positions that need persons of integrity, and they say that they will stay put, then they are not doing justice to Kenyans. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, last year, we had drought. We imported maize at a very high cost. We now have a bumper harvest. Unfortunately, where I come from, the prices of maize have gone down. The National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB), which should have opened its door for the purchase of that maize in Meru and Eastern Province, has not opened up. If it was in the Rift Valley, NCPB would have opened its doors to buy the maize. The NCPB would be buying maize at Kshs2,300 per bag. All the depots of NCPB should be opened. But, now, because it is in Eastern Province and in Meru, NCPB has not opened its doors to buy the maize and yet, it is latent. Why are some farmers being favoured and not others? Why are the people in all parts of this country not being treated equally? We are happy that the Ministry of Agriculture gave us seeds and fertilizer. But why can the Ministry of State for Special Programmes not give them money, so that maize can be bought without farmers being exploited, as it is happening now? We, therefore, appeal to the Ministry of State for Special Programmes to avail money to NCPB to buy maize at the right price. With those words, I wish to support."
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