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    "id": 1273119,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1273119/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Mithika 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": "of distance; that is why we have brought in the governors and agreed with them on what we need to do. The time remaining for us to distribute the fertilizer is too short. We want fertilizer on the ground for the farmers before the end of next month. Hon. Speaker, several questions have been raised, but allow me to mention that farmers have done a good job. I will appear before the Committee on Delegated Legislation next week. We have brought in the request for approval of the Strategic Food Reserve Regulations to get enough money to buy maize from farmers. The Government is committed to this. It has set aside money to buy maize from farmers. The Government will buy 100 dryers, some of which are mobile, to ensure that we minimize harvest losses. These dryers will be available to the farmers. Hon. Speaker, there is a Member who asked what plans we have for millet. Under the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), this is the International Year of Millet. Therefore, we had to do a lot of lobbying because FAO is promoting the growth of different types of millet because of their nutritional value. We had to lobby and discuss with the others because it is an area we want people to embrace and learn about. We are trying to get the conference held in Kenya. It is out of lobbying and recognizing how important millet is to every home, and being a strategic crop being promoted all over, that we have the Millet Conference here on 30th and 31st August 2023, and many Heads of State support this. A Member asked whether governors would use this as a campaign tool. I do not believe so because we are saying they provide storage. They are not the ones to distribute. We are sending messages with voucher numbers to every registered farmer to visit the stores and pick up their fertilizers. And for your information, as long as you are within our data system, if you come from Kericho and you want to pick your fertilizer from Mombasa because you have another farm there or in Kisumu, you can. It will, therefore, be the farmer's decision to choose where to pick their fertilizers. We have, however, brought in the leaders of the county governments for convenience. Hon"
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