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    "content": "Eric Karemba asked why we are not using the NGAO infrastructure to give the fertilizers. It is because of the cost implications. I appreciate what the NGAO has done. They supported me in registering farmers, and they have done good work. Remember, they are very well spread out but do not have the finances. Parliament does not appropriate any money for that purpose, and they would not want to operate in an area where we spend public finances without the authority of Parliament. But out of the few resources that can be within our normal budgetary allocation, we can hire some 50 or 100 temporary staff whom we can keep or post to the stores that governors would have opened. Our officers will be redeeming the fertilizers. Remember that fertilizers are not free and for that matter, chiefs or assistant chiefs cannot deliver them all over because it requires us to have a proper support system for them to operate. It must also have a proper network. On whether we are using technology, yes. That is why we are not getting into contact with very many people. The farmer gets this information and picks the fertilizer when he chooses to do so and he can redeem it from anywhere. Technology is assisting us, and we appreciate it. Hon. Francis Sigei, I have covered how we want to cover the distance. This is something to do with extension services, and the Members need to listen. We are deliberate in ensuring that extension services, because of the transformation they can bring to this sector, are availed. We are very committed to it. We already have different applications that can tell you what we did, what we have to do or what we have done now. If you want to know what crop to plant in your constituency, we have an application called Kenya Agricultural Market Information System (KAMIS). If you log into it and key in your county, sub-county and ward, it will be able to tell you what to plant and when. We have another one called the Kenya Agricultural Observatory Platform 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."
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