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    "id": 1255175,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1255175/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. M. Kajwang’",
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        "legal_name": "Moses Otieno Kajwang'",
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    "content": "House, with very few exceptions went to school and have prospered on the back of agricultural productivity. I support this Bill and hope that once it is promulgated into law we will see a return of the services we used to see where communally we would go to cattle dips, ensure cattle are sprayed, vaccinated and taken care of against the pests and ticks. Once this Bill is promulgated we will see maize farmers getting quality support. The National Government will provide fertilizer that is relevant to ecological zones. You have a National Government that buys one batch of fertilizers and applies it to the entire country. That is madness because each county has got different requirements. The soils in different parts of this country have different deficiencies. Once this is Bill is assented to, I hope that our extension workers will advise and guide the government to ensure that agricultural areas receive fertilizer, seed and input that is relevant to them. Madam Temporary Speaker, once this is passed, I hope that we shall no longer have this conversation, where we are consuming fish from China, and yet we have such a huge potential as a country to produce fish and meet the demand that we have. The reason our people are not producing enough fish is that the National Government has never seen it fit to educate them on modern ways of fish production. The reason why China is the largest producer, processor, and exporter of fish globally today is because the Government took a deliberate effort to encourage aquaculture. Madam Temporary Speaker, we are proud today that Nyanza and Coast produce more fish, but who said it should always be like that? There are other areas around Central Kenya, Northern Kenya, and Southern Kenya which if provided with the right skills, education and facilitation, can practice aquaculture and can far outstrip the productivity that is coming from Lake Victoria in Nyanza, Lake Turkana and the Indian Ocean. Madam Temporary Speaker, that only happens if you have extension workers who can train, support and mentor farmers on best practices. I support this Bill and I highly congratulate the Senator who has moved it. When all aisles and other chambers are fighting over budgets, taxes and so on, it is the core business of the Senate to ensure that the agricultural sector is streamlined. I hope that the message will get to the Executive that the agricultural sector transformation and growth strategy that was signed by Cabinet Secretary Munya, must be revised and relooked at to ensure that devolution and hustlers are put at the centre. If you are talking about hustlers, it is extension workers. This is a Bill that deals with the people at the bottom of the pyramid and it is a Bill that has got the potential of creating an economic miracle within the agricultural sector. I support."
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