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    "id": 1251106,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1251106/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wambua",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Enoch Kiio Wambua",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, in conclusion, I would encourage the Committee and the promoter of the Bill to be guided by the principle of development from within. In which case then, I would also encourage her and the Committee to try and establish a nexus in the Bill between the training of extension officers and their deployment. I say this because I saw somewhere that money is being given to institutions of higher learning for research and development. The expectation in relation to this Bill is that part of the research is to come up with new and improved varieties and species. For example, varieties of ndengu which we will be moving later, of beans, maize, new species of zebu cows and all manner of animals. However, the disconnect is that whereas money is being pumped at the level of training, there is very little being done at the level of absorption of the breeds and varieties. If you come up with a new variety of beans, it is the duty of agricultural extension officers to go and break it down for the farmer – “this new variety is called ‘X’, ‘Y’ and ‘Z.’ The spacing and timing for planting is this.” If we come up with new varieties, but we have no strategy for training and absorption of extension officers to help our farmers implement the planting of those varieties and the rearing of those species, our farmers will say, ‘a bean is a bean, so I just plant it the way I have always planted it’. The results would just be the same - failure. In this Bill, find a way of creating that nexus between the funding for research and development and the absorption of extension officers at the grassroots level where they interact directly with farmers. Madam Temporary Speaker, with those many remarks, I applaud “my sister”, Sen. Tabitha Mutinda. Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale should know this so that he may engage with me differently from today. Sen. Tabitha Mutinda comes from my home. So, Kitui County is blessed to have three Senators. We have Sen. Tabitha Mutinda, Sen. Beth Syengo and the Head of the Delegation, yours truly."
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