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    "id": 1184257,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Chesumei, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Paul Biego",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I also support the Motion by Hon. Abraham Kirwa. I echo the sentiments of other Members. In line with his Motion, we come from the Rift Valley, which is a maize-growing area. It is now the harvest season, we have a bumper harvest and we do not understand why this had to happen at this particular time. I echo the sentiments of other Members on this Motion. I come from a maize-growing area of the Rift Valley Region. This is time for harvesting, and we are having a bumper harvest. We do not understand why the importation of maize has to happen at this particular time. As a representative of farmers who grow maize, I find it quite unfortunate that such a decision can be made at this particular time. We are left to wonder why those kinds of decisions and instructions are being given at the harvest time. My colleagues and I would like to tell the Cabinet Secretary that the timing is wrong and that we need to get our numbers right. Let us know if there is any deficit as at now. Farmers have spent a lot of money while producing maize, and they stand to lose. Importing maize at this time will for sure lower the price of the maize that is being harvested. Together with my other colleagues, we support the position that the importation is wrongly timed and, therefore, should not be done at this particular time. We expect our Government to buy maize from farmers. I stand to say that I am not in support of maize importation at this particular point in time. Thank you."
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