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    "id": 1433840,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1433840/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kiharu, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Ndindi Nyoro",
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    "content": "One, we have been able to add Ksh10 billion into fertiliser subsidy which will go into making agriculture and especially the crop farming part of agriculture profitable for the Kenyan farmers. Out of the same intervention in the last financial year, we saw a huge harvest where the harvest of maize in our country, which is our staple food, grow from 45 million bags, which is average production every year, to 65 million bags. This shows that the fiscal intervention of providing subsidised fertiliser is paying off. Therefore, we have allocated Ksh10 billion into fertiliser subsidy; allocated Ksh2 billion into the Coffee Cherry Advance Revolving Fund and allocated monies for the sugar reforms to clear off the debt that is owed to sugarcane farmers out of the supplies they have made to public owned factories. We need to boost some sectors of the Kenyan economy so that Kenya develops equally. In that respect, this Bill has also proposed over Ksh10 billion into the Equalisation Fund. The pastoralists of Kenya lost their livestock during the previous periods of farming and insecurity and in that respect, we have allocated Ksh1 billion for livestock restocking for those pastoralists who lost their livelihoods. We have also included monies for electrification in our constituencies by adding Ksh14.5 billion on top of our usual budget for the energy sector,. The monies will be divided equally among all the 290 constituencies for electrification of our villages and estates in the Republic of Kenya. What we did in the narration of that vote, because we know there are some constituencies which have high connectivity but also have other challenges around lighting, is that the Member of Parliament can actually propose either electrification projects or street lighting projects. The same will be done under the same Ksh50 million so that we continue to grow our nation across all areas. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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