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    "id": 1159131,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1159131/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Prof.) Ongeri",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 124,
        "legal_name": "Samson Kegeo Ongeri",
        "slug": "samson-ongeri"
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, one of the most important element is that whereas we are going to encourage farmers to grow this crop, we must at the same time, know where this crop is going to be processed. This means transportation element and the kind of societies they should develop to become cost effective so that they can get their cotton yarn from the farmers’ farm to the cotton ginnery. Therefore, the transportation element in that region, both the transport and delivery of that cotton, must be properly considered and organised. Today, where we have the tea factories, we also have planting of tea leaves for production. Therefore, it should have similar approach to cotton planting and to cut out the middle men who tend to get so much, particularly in the transportation sector. The farmer ends getting a third of his labour, efforts and his sweat while the middlemen gets the cream of the profit. The farmer spends so much time and energy growing that cotton yarn. Sooner or later, the farmers become discouraged and are unable to continue with the industry. That is how the industry collapses."
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