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    "id": 1407239,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1407239/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nyaribari Masaba, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Daniel Manduku",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I rise to support this Motion on impeachment of Hon. Mithika Linturi as Cabinet Secretary of Agriculture and Livestock Development. I support it not because I represent farmers in Nyaribari Masaba neither that my mother is a victim of the fake fertiliser scam nor that I am a farmer. But I feel there is a moral obligation that I am faced with as a Member of Parliament and a leader in this country. When the fake fertiliser scam came up, Hon. Linturi went to the media and denied the existence of any fake fertiliser. After that, he blamed the opposition and called us saboteurs. Later on, the Deputy President confirmed that indeed there was existence of fake fertiliser in the market whereupon Hon. Linturi confirmed himself. Depending on who was speaking at the time, the number of bags kept changing between 3,000 and 50,000. Hon. Linturi has served in the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development for about two years. We have not had any major transformative ideas from him to make agriculture grow given that it is the backbone of our country. I want to agree with the Leader of the Minority Party that we should not have gotten to this point. Given, that the President himself even as late as yesterday, told the nation he is not here to make popular decisions. We expect him, now that he has set the standards and has a marking scheme, to act immediately if this House does not get Hon. Linturi out."
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