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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Linturi",
    "speaker_title": "The Cabinet Secretary for Agriculture and Livestock Development",
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        "legal_name": "Franklin Mithika Linturi",
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    "content": "That is why you find that certain standards that have been set in the many markets where we are exporting our horticultural crops. In those markets, consumers must be able to trace the source of the food to ensure that it is safe. So, with regards to these machines that we are talking about, I think that is the only best way for us to deal with this matter. It cannot be that instant. People must be prepared. We must work closely with the leadership to give alternative sources of income to those people who are permanently in those farms. We are willing to see how to support one another. I think that is the major problem we are likely to face. I am also getting into areas where we are going to mechanize. We are also in the process of ensuring that we avail other farm inputs such as tractors and harrows to our farmers so that we are able to produce faster. This discussion requires us to sit soberly and pick the minds of great leaders of this country such as Senators and then I will be guided accordingly. I am willing to engage and consult so that we are able to move forward together. In regards to the other Question of how much we are bringing in, I assure you Sen. Cherarkey that the interests of farmers are very close to my heart. I will not allow any imports that are likely to mess with the farmers in our country. We allowed importation in the short-term, to avail food because we were not producing enough. I had even given them notice before we did, so that they were in the know. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, up to now, we have brought in 277,444 metric tons of maize, which amounts to 3,082,718 bags of 90 kilo grammes. Out of this, we have had 106,988 metric tons from Uganda and 37,149 metric tons from Tanzania. We have also had yellow maize from Ukraine amounting to 42,464 metric tons. Ethiopia and South Africa have given us 90,843 metric tons. That is what gives us a grand total of 277,444 metric tons. Those are the quantities of the maize that have come in as at yesterday. I expect to get more maize coming in at the end of this month. Importers have shared with me their bills of landing, quantities and the source."
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