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    "id": 1184199,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1184199/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kikuyu, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah",
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    "content": " We should appeal to our farmers so that we are able to mitigate the cost of living. Farmers must also be aware that with the release of subsidised fertiliser this year, their cost of production is likely to come down. Rains are with us in many parts of the country. We pray to the Almight God that the rains will persist and we will have a better harvest next year. Allow me to also speak to the issue that was raised by the Cabinet Secretary for Trade, Investment and Industry. There are certain sentiments that I would be hesitant to comment on in regard to what the Cabinet Secretary said, but he is a businessman. The Cabinet Secretary is a businessman in charge of a Ministry that deals with trade matters, but there is also a Cabinet Secretary who is in charge of agriculture. I encourage the Committee on Agriculture to engage with the Minister in charge of agriculture on the questions of how much maize is there, the shortage that is likely to be there and whether or not we need to import maize. I think that matter will be better addressed by the Cabinet Secretary in charge of agriculture as much as I am hesitant to comment to the other issues that might have been unfortunate from the Cabinet Secretary. I appreciate the fact that the Cabinet Secretary who was quoted in the media, and that is why I am avoiding to speak to it, apologised on some of the issues he had said. With those few remarks, I beg our farmers not to hoard any maize. Let them release the maize to the market and enjoy the prevailing prices that are very good. Prices of between Ksh5,300 to Ksh5,500 a bag are very good for farmers. If they continue hoarding maize, they are likely to fetch less than what is in the market today."
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