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    "id": 132230,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/132230/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Samoei",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Agriculture",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "William Samoei Ruto",
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    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to move:- That The Speaker Do Now Leave the Chair. As I have said, the mission and mandate of my Ministry is to get this country to produce enough food, reduce hunger, eliminate poverty by enhancing incomes of our farmers and build our economy by availing more jobs through value addition and other value chain activities in the agricultural sector. Mr. Speaker, Sir, vision 2030 identifies agriculture as a pillar to support the Vision 2030 Initiative. Under Vision 2030, we have undertaken to make agriculture profitable, commercially viable and internationally competitive. It was realized way back in 2003 by Heads of States and Government in what is now commonly referred to as the Maputo Declaration, that there is a strong correlation in agro-based economies between growth in agriculture and growth in the economy. When agriculture grows by 10 per cent, there is a very high likelihood that the economy will grow by the same margin. If agriculture goes down, in every likelihood the economy will go down. Therefore, the way to meaningfully grow the economy is to ensure that there is growth in the agricultural sector. In the 1980s, 13 per cent of the Budget used to be allocated to the agricultural sector. We are experiencing very serious challenges in food security and poverty, partly because of the level of funding that the agricultural sector Ministries, at the moment, enjoy."
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