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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Linturi",
    "speaker_title": "The Cabinet Secretary for Agriculture and Livestock Development",
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        "legal_name": "Franklin Mithika Linturi",
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    "content": "important issue. I hope that it will generate and gather support from many Members and Kenyans of goodwill for this country to get to that level. That is our wish. If there is any legacy I would like to leave, then it would be that during my time, a fertilizer factory is built in Kenya and we can produce our own fertilizer. I appreciate the support of the President in my Ministry and getting us to produce fertilizer locally. There are special economic zones being created in this country. One is in Naivasha. One of the negotiations we are making with potential investors in the country in many forums or bilateral meetings that we have with people who have the capacity to support us in fertilizer production, is setting up of a fertilizer factory in the country. Discussions are ongoing. One of the areas we have targeted is Naivasha because of the necessary raw materials. Secondly, the fertilizer that is being appreciated by nearly everyone is the one that the President directed me to go and check its factory in Dodoma, Tanzania. Last year when we were starting this programme, I went to Tanzania and found a factory. I sat with their Minister for Agriculture who told me how effective that fertilizer was and its ability to increase yields by over 40 per cent. I listened to him and reported to my boss. He told me to move with speed and see whether we could try. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I confirm that when I met that investor, the Tanzanian Government was cagey because they thought we would take the investor. However, they did not have a problem. I thank them for allowing us to export fertilizer from Tanzania, which has 50/50 chemical and organic composition. It has a healing effect on us and has been tremendous because most are acidic. We are doing discussions with that company. It is called Itracom Fertilizers Limited. It belongs to a Mzee from Burundi who is a serious investor. That is the fertilizer I have also used in farming. I, therefore, encourage people to try that fertilizer. They are called Fomi Kuzia and Fomi Otesha. It has done wonders. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we have also succeeded in convincing that investor to come and set up a fertilizer factory in Kenya. We will come to ask for support because the plant is being set up in Kajiado. In the next two months or less, we will be breaking ground for the setup of our first fertilizer factory in that region. This is something we are doing. We are happy that Members have such ideas and they want to support us on this one. We are on course and we want to make sure that it is done. I thank you."
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