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    "id": 1179415,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1179415/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Aldai, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Marianne Kitany",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, I rise in support of the Sessional Paper on the National Agricultural Policy. Kenya is an agricultural economy and, as we have seen from the statistics, it contributes to a very big percentage in term of our Gross Domestic Product (GDP). That GDP is what gives our country the necessary income that this country requires. If we look at agriculture from time immemorial to date, we find that many agricultural products have fallen by the way side. Let us take an example of pyrethrum. Pyrethrum used to be a very big income earner in this country sometime back. Today, we do not have pyrethrum in our farms. There is also sugar-cane farming which has been suffering. Coffee is another crop that has a lot of issues in the market. Where I come from is a tea growing area. The farmers are really crying in terms of the pricing of tea and tea products. Maize farming has also been hit. The other day, we saw how maize farmers were crying and saying that they needed a maize board. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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