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    "id": 1356936,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Soy, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. David Kiplagat",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. On behalf of the people of Soy, I support the President’s Address to Parliament. He managed to cover quite some ground in only one year. In agriculture, the Government has done well to support our farmers, especially the maize farmers, with subsidised fertiliser which it reduced from over Ksh7,000 to now Ksh2,500. We have increased the amount of acreage as a result of that by Ksh200,000 acres. We have increased production of maize by 18 million bags. I can assure you that we shall have enough produce to last us for one financial or fiscal year without importation of maize. As a country, we have a lot of challenges beyond our control. Fuel is being controlled by external forces which is a challenge on our economy. We have the depreciation of the Kenyan shilling that is also bringing a lot of problems. The only way we can strengthen it is to increase our exports and reduce our imports. Because the weather conditions were not good for the last one year, we were importing nearly everything: maize and rice which were duty-free, sugar and edible oil. In terms of the loss of revenue to this country, it is a lot. Secondly, it requires a lot of foreign exchange – dollars - to purchase food from other countries. The President stated that by the year 2025, there will be no importation of any food 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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