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    "id": 1158883,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cheruiyot",
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        "legal_name": "Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot",
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    "content": ". Anyway, I was just concluding. What Sen. Khaniri is saying is very important because many farmers rely on those predictions to even plan on planting, harvesting and budgeting for farming inputs. This speaks to the whole question of how we have mismanaged our agriculture. On many occasions, we speak about fertilizer and the rest of the inputs, but we forget that 70 to 80 per cent of our agriculture is rain-fed. Therefore, if you cannot correctly predict when it is going to rain, then it also interferes with planning and budgeting for farmers. I hope the Committee on Agriculture – and I know the very able Chairman, Sen. Ndwiga, is here with us – can actually put the responsible Government institution to task, so that we can know where intervention is needed. If it is matters of budget, then we refer to our colleagues in the National Assembly to address this. Otherwise, thank you and commiserations, and rest in peace BBI."
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