{"id":1179432,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1179432/?format=json","text_counter":2745,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"West Mugirango, JP","speaker_title":"Hon. Stephen Mogaka","speaker":null,"content":" Thank you Hon. Temporary Speaker for giving me this opportunity to also contribute to this Sessional Paper No 2 of 2021. On behalf of the people of West Mugirango, I laud the Leader of the Majority Party for bringing forth this policy. Kenya is no doubt an agricultural economy. Hon. Temporary Speaker, even if we have lost quite a lot in the cash crop areas like tea, pyrethrum, coffee and matoke, it is important to have a uniform national policy that guides agriculture in this country. I agree that under the Fourth Schedule of the Constitution, agriculture is a devolved function. However, it is too important to be left to county governments alone. I really commend the national Government for spearheading a policy of this magnitude that will impact the largest employer in the Republic of Kenya."}