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    "id": 1255252,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1255252/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wambua",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13199,
        "legal_name": "Enoch Kiio Wambua",
        "slug": "enoch-kiio-wambua"
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    "content": "This crop has been trivialized in that list and in all those schedules, you will find in there dhania and some other vegetables that we do not even consume in large quantities in this country listed as scheduled crops. However, mung beans is not listed. As I move this Bill, we are not asking for the listing of mung beans or green grams as a scheduled crop. We want a standalone Act to regulate the production and marketing of green grams as a crop in this country with great market potential both locally, in the region and across the world. The crop is consumed in large quantities in Asian countries, the Middle East, in our country and in our region. With that background information about mung beans, I want to move to the Bill, the Mung Beans Bill, 2022. So that we do not confuse our farmers, when we talk about mung beans, we are talking about ndengu or pojo or green grams. The object of this Bill as captured in Clause 3 of the proposed Act is to provide a framework for the coordinated implementation of the national policies and strategies on the development and regulation of the mung beans industry. The need for regulating this industry is long overdue. Regulation of the mung beans industry should have happened many years ago. As I mentioned in my moving notes, if there is a section of agriculture where farmers have suffered the greatest exploitation by middlemen, it is in the production of mung beans. Therefore, we are bringing this Bill to regulate that industry and make sure that farmers get due benefits from their sweat on their farms. Another object is to promote the use of mung beans, green grams or ndengu by the national and county governments in the implementation of feeding programmes."
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