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    "id": 1229187,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1229187/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Prof.) Kamar",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 33,
        "legal_name": "Margaret Jepkoech Kamar",
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    "content": "on the streets. Nobody even sales bananas in Kisii because you will find them on the roadside. Those are productive parts of this country. I come from a region which is the grain basket of this country, that is, Uasin Gishu and Trans Nzoia. However, sometimes when we have a bumper harvest and start fighting over the prices, the people in Turkana and northern Kenya region are suffering, yet it is their right to get food. Access to food must be facilitated by the Government and nobody else. If you allow food to be transported by middlemen, prices go up. There were days when we used to eat rice from Mwea. The rice was being transported by the Government to the National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) stores. I did some work in Marsabit. When we reached Marsabit, we found that they had too much rice. They asked us to buy rice from their stores when we go back to Nairobi. That was in 1988. There was a time when this worked. We really need to get things working. The producing counties should be supported to produce and counties that do not produce should have the right to access food at fair prices. There is no way the price will be fair if we use businessmen to buy and sell. We need Government intervention. We also need our governors to think around the clock about the issue of food stability. It is sad that when there is a bumper harvest in Trans Nzoia, a governor in Kajiado does not have food, but does not do anything about it."
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