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    "id": 1352771,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sotik, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Francis Sigei",
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    "content": "I am proud of the Kenya Kwanza Government for giving out subsidised fertilisers. I am the Member for Sotik Constituency. I have seen its impact. There is plenty of food now. We should address food security. We imported food in the past, which was very difficult. It really drained the National Treasury. It will be very important to address the production side of the economy. I want to talk about tea. As we speak, we are taking our tea in sacks from Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA) factories in Sotik and other areas to Mombasa. We have to add value to our tea, which has been a major foreign exchange earner. The situation will continue to be the same if we do not do so. It will be unfair to kill a sector that has been feeding this country. I also ask the Government to look into dairy and livestock farming so that we assist our farmers. We will ask the Government to allocate more money to areas where farmers benefit more. There is a lot of borrowing by other agencies like universities and county governments. I also ask this House to take control. I thank the Chairperson of the Public Debt and Privatisation Committee for doing a good job. We want him to follow up the budgetary process. I support the Report."
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