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    "id": 1202567,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1202567/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sigowet/Soin, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Justice Kemei",
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    "content": "production. As we do that, we should not just stop with the issue of cheap fertilisers. We need to go beyond that so that we can give our people better drought resistant seeds, the kind of technology we require that will improve agricultural production and productivity in this country. We are still basically an agricultural country. If we want to grow, industrialise and improve the economy of this country, the fact of the matter is that the base of that improvement is agriculture. All interventions that we must do in agriculture, including irrigation, we must do so that we can have enough food for export. We should also be bold enough to remove the cartels and the busy bodies that have occupied the value chain in this country such that the farmer who toils on a daily basis is one who is very disadvantaged person while those in the value chain are rich. The sweat from the farmer has got no benefit to him. We would wish that, at the time when we are discussing all the interventions that have been proposed by the President, we should be able to give our ideas. Finally, as a student of communication, I was taught that people start losing interest when you speak beyond seven minutes. The Speech by the President was a good 30 minutes long. That speech was long enough to draw us to what we need to do as the Legislature so that we can take this country forward. In agreement with what I have just said, I want to end my speech. Thank you for giving me the opportunity so that somebody else can use the extra two minutes of my time to speak on this important subject matter. Thank you."
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