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    "id": 1382538,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1382538/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Vihiga County, ANC",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Adagala Beatrice",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I also want to contribute to this Bill. I support Hon. Emaase on cotton growing. Cotton was one of the lucrative industries in this country, but it went down. The proposed Bill is timely. It will encourage most farmers in cotton growing areas in the western region, like Busia, Bungoma, and Vihiga. I want to ask the Ministry of Agriculture to ensure that in most of the areas where cotton can be grown, cotton growing is revived so that our factories like Kisumu Cotton Mills (KICOMI) and RIVATEX East Africa Limited spring back to life and our farmers produce cotton in large numbers and get money. I support the Bill. It should be passed so that our people are empowered economically. Hon. Emaase brought it at the right time, just when the country's economy is down. We want the economy revived so that most of our children who have finished school can be employed in some of these industries. Farmers will get money to pay school fees for their children. This is a nice venture. Farmers in all counties that can grow cotton should be encouraged to do so. A better seed should be developed so that cotton matures quickly and should be bought and taken to the cotton factories for production. Other cotton products, like cottonseed, can make cotton cakes for animals and chicken feeds. So, I am in total support of this initiative. Thank you."
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