{"id":1236903,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1236903/?format=json","text_counter":98,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Kikuyu, UDA","speaker_title":"Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah","speaker":null,"content":" Thank you, Hon. Speaker. From what I have heard from the Prime Cabinet Secretary, there are a number of measures that the Government has already taken. I appreciate what he has said that we have had the lowest maize production levels in the last 10 years. He has stipulated various measures to mitigate the same, including a production subsidy rather than a consumption subsidy on fertilisers. Because we have heard calls for re-introduction of consumer subsidies for maize, is the Government considering any consumption subsidies, especially the maize subsidy that was there before the election? I have also seen farmers in the North Rift raise issues of whether they were getting subsidised top-dressing fertilisers. I want to hear from the Prime Cabinet Secretary whether the Government is considering giving farmers top-dressing subsidised fertilisers."}