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    "id": 1354324,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1354324/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kwanza, FORD-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Ferdinand Wanyonyi",
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    "content": " Thank you very much, Hon. Speaker, for giving me the chance to add my voice to this Supplementary Appropriations Bill. First and foremost, I thank the Chairman of the Budget and Appropriations Committee for allocating resources to priority areas. I just had a discussion with the Chairman and he has confirmed to me that it is a shame that despite Kenya being a country on the tropics, it is a net importer of food. This is something that we must take seriously. I would like to know how much money has been allocated to agriculture because we are embarrassing ourselves. How do we import food, including maize, in this country? I believe it is because we have not taken agriculture with the seriousness it deserves. I hope that the Supplementary Budget will allocate more money to agriculture so that we can have irrigation schemes. This will ensure that during the dry season, we can irrigate farms so as to produce enough food for this country. I agree that the Committee has allocated some money, but we need to debate and agree whether that money is enough or not. I have just talked to my Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Agriculture and Livestock and agreed that we deliberate on the budgetary allocation to ensure 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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