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    "id": 1273058,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1273058/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Mithika Linturi",
    "speaker_title": "The Cabinet Secretary for Agriculture and Livestock Development",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 69,
        "legal_name": "Franklin Mithika Linturi",
        "slug": "franklin-linturi"
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    "content": " Hon. Speaker, it is common information in the public that the production responsibility is in our Ministry. We are happy with what our farmers are doing. The Kenya Kwanza Government’s plan is clear. It is on the need to do value addition and agro processing. We are working very closely with the Ministry of Trade, Investments and Industry, and Ministry of Cooperatives and Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) Development because we are trying to organize farmers in cooperatives and aggregate them. Through the idea of County Aggregation Centres (CACs), we will ensure that we aggregate and add value to our farm produce. If we do that, it will be our responsibility to dictate what price to sell our products. The whole reason is to avoid middlemen and post-harvest losses so that our farmers get the best prices. If we add value to our produce, I agree we will get more money. I have the National Agricultural Value Chain Development Project (NAVCDP) in your county. We are targeting to do value addition in every ward. We will spend Ksh20 million for those value- addition centres we will set up in every county so that our farmers can add value to their produce. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
}