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    "id": 1184149,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1184149/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mosop, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Abraham Kirwa",
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    "content": "I was at home yesterday and many farmers came to ask me: “Hon. Member, what are we going to do with the maize that we are going to harvest? Where are we going to sell it?” We expect to harvest approximately 30 million to 40 million bags of maize this year. As I speak, the National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) has not opened its doors. They have not started to buy. I got a chance to go to the NCPB, met with the management and I asked them when they will start purchasing maize from the farmers. They did not have an idea when that will happen. Farmers are, therefore, left with millions of bags of maize in their homes. They do not know where to sell the maize, yet the Government has already imported 10 million bags of maize which they will start selling to millers at a lower price. Even before the gazettement is done, there is already a rumour that a ship has already docked in Mombasa with 200,000 bags of maize, and 37 more vessels are expected in the country. Why is the Ministry importing maize at such a time when farmers have sufficient stock for the country?"
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