{"id":118222,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/118222/?format=json","text_counter":352,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Mr. Samoei","speaker_title":"The Minister for Agriculture","speaker":{"id":204,"legal_name":"William Samoei Ruto","slug":"william-ruto"},"content":"Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, as I said earlier, we are going to carry out an audit of the loans and since we have a branch network that helps to assess the capacity of every farmer to pay or not to pay, once that exercise is over - and I want to assure this House that we have already given instructions for that exercise to commence – we are going to take the necessary steps through the Cabinet and through this House so that we can actually write off loans for farmers who are not in a position to pay, especially those that have been affected by factors way beyond their control"}