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    "id": 1184133,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1184133/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kikuyu, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kimani Ichung'wah",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. That is advice that the House can take because Hon. Ferdinand Wanyonyi not only represents farmers, but is also a maize farmer. He is speaking facts. It is only that he probably did not get what I said. I said that the estimated harvest for this year is about 30 million bags. I also said that I would like to take this opportunity to speak to our farmers. That is where I converge with Hon. Wanyonyi. There are farmers who are hoarding maize. That is why I wanted to speak to our farmers to allow the forces of demand and supply to prevail. If farmers continue hoarding maize, they may force importation to check in. The market will become flooded with maize, and prices will come down. Even as we seek answers from the Ministry, I plead with the farmers not to wait for the Ministry to answer. Hon. Junet, I am a student of economics and I know about the forces of demand and supply. If farmers continue hoarding maize as they wait for prices to go up and the Government decides there is no maize supply and imports more, the prices will come down. It is only fair to advise farmers who are hoarding maize from the last harvest and the current one, to release the maize into the market to help our people consume affordable maize which Hon. Junet can access."
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