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    "id": 1382578,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1382578/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Westlands, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Tim Wanyonyi",
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    "content": "local farmers. So, we used to do very little importation. For us to sustain and develop, we must revive these very important industries and encourage our farmers to grow cash crops. The Government must deliberately invest in agriculture because this sector will sustain our economy. If you look around, you will see that pyrethrum and other cash crops are no longer grown in this country. Kenya is no longer a leading exporter of these products. We need to revive and invest more in our sugar and tea industries which are struggling. We should be very worried when we see headlines like what I saw in a newspaper on Sunday about Nakuru becoming a graveyard of industries. If you look around, you will realise that sugar industries have collapsed and ginneries are no longer there. The sad thing is that the same people who were manufacturing in our country moved to our neighbours and continued with their businesses there. I believe something went wrong somewhere but we can revive them. Kenya has been rated as one of the biggest economies in the East African region and Africa as a whole. If we continue with this trend, then we will no longer be a factor in this region. This is because the industries that sustain our economy are collapsing. The lease for Del Monte in Thika has expired and some farms are being taken back. If this continues, this industry might go down. I want to congratulate, Hon. Mary Emaase for bringing this important Bill. I hope that we will pass it, so that the Government can take serious steps of reviving the industries. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker."
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