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    "id": 1184197,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1184197/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kikuyu, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah",
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    "content": "food security. When I was responding to a Statement that had been sought by Hon. Pkosing, I alluded to the fact that, indeed, it is true that we are likely to have a better harvest this year from the statistics that we have seen than what we had last year. But that does not mean that there will be no shortage of maize. As I had indicated, the Ministry of Agriculture is projecting a harvest of close to about 30 million bags against a demand of 40 million bags. It is also true that a number of our farmers are hoarding maize expecting that they will fetch a better price. That is why I was requesting our farmers to desist from the temptation of hoarding maize with expectations that the prices will go up. When they hoard maize and there is a shortage, and they allow a window for importation of maize that will flood the market, the prices will come down. Therefore, let me also appeal to all of us leaders, to speak to our farmers especially those in the North Rift, South Rift and other areas where we grow maize, to stop hoarding maize and release it to the market and allow the prices of even unga to come down."
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