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    "id": 1399091,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Maanzo",
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        "legal_name": "Maanzo Daniel Kitonga",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I will comment on Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale’s Statement. The issue of fake fertiliser is a serious matter in the country. When you hear the amount of monies involved and even the packaging that is done by Government institutions, it means that many farmers are going to be cheated. It also means that when you plant with fake fertiliser, you are not going to have a harvest despite the good rains in the country. That also means that many residents’ efforts are going to go into waste, having worked so hard in their farms believing and honestly so, that they bought the right quality of fertiliser. This is a matter that involves crime and it should be investigated thoroughly. Most probably, it is institutionalized crime. The police have been vigilant in this matter and caught some of this fertiliser in Molo, while on transit in lorries. This is a matter that should be taken seriously by this Senate. I am glad that I belong to the Committee on Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries. Those people must be brought to book, recommendations made to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) and prosecution should ensue. As a way of retribution to the farmers by the Government, it should make sure the right fertiliser gets to the farmers in good time. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, as a Senate, we have the mandate of ensuring that the counties are well taken care of. I thank Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale for taking this very fast action, bearing in mind that the farmers who got conned, believed so honestly in the Government. By the time they were discovering those were stones, they had already been cheated. I would like to participate to make sure that these people are brought to book."
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