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    "id": 1183722,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1183722/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherarkey",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13217,
        "legal_name": "Cherarkey K Samson",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I would like to request for a Statement on the planned importation of 10 million bags of duty-free maize by the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development. Mr. Speaker Sir, I rise Pursuant to Standing Order 53 (1), to seek a Statement from the Standing committee on Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries on the planned importation of 10 million bags of duty-free maize by the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development and also the Ministry of Trade. In the statement the Committee should - (1) Explain what informed the decision by the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development to import maize and yet the National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) has not opened its stores to take up the crop currently being harvested by local farmers across the country considering the high cost of farm inputs where one bag of fertilizer was Kshs7000 incurred during the planting season among other costs. (2) Apprise the Senate on the status of the Government subsidized fertilizer in terms of uptake by farmers and the available fertilizer in tonnes currently in stores countrywide and indicate the steps the Government is taking to enhance uptake and ensure local farmers produce sufficient maize and obviate the need for importation from outside the country (3) Recommend that the Cabinet Secretary for Trade, Investment and Industry does not gazette the notice allowing duty-free maize importation from outside the country until the entire crop being harvested currently is purchased by the NCPB, local millers and the National Strategic Grain Reserve. Mr. Speaker, Sir, thank you for that indulgence"
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