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    "id": 1379070,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1379070/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Linturi",
    "speaker_title": "The Cabinet Secretary for Agriculture and Livestock Development",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 69,
        "legal_name": "Franklin Mithika Linturi",
        "slug": "franklin-linturi"
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    "content": "Secondly, we are implementing the warehouse receipt system and we are now asking people if they have produced and they do not want to sell now, there is no pressure, they can have their cereals properly stored. The NCPB store is a warehouse for all the farmers in this country, and we have sufficient capacity. They can deposit there and get a receipt for them to sell at the appropriate time or deposit there. They can pick when they want or they can still sell that maize, beans, or ndengu from whichever store at the appropriate time. These are some of the immediate measures we have put in place to ensure that our farmers are not exploited. I want to commit because I am making proposals to the National Assembly for the provision of more resources. After all, our farmers have now become very productive and have taken advantage of the fertilizer we have given them. We are supporting the farmers with other inputs. So, I expect a bumper harvest and for that matter, there is a need for us really to prepare so that we cushion our farmers from these cartels. Cartels are all over. Look at what is happening in the sugar sector and the steel mills. We find ourselves in a lot of the involvement of cartels who do not want us to implement the reforms."
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