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    "id": 1456499,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1456499/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Githunguri, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Gathoni Wamuchomba",
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    "content": "I am glad the Chairperson of the Budget and Appropriations Committee is here. I need him to clarify why the funding for the Coffee Cherry Advance Revolving Fund (CCARF) has been reduced by Ksh1 billion. I have been raising this issue since the beginning of the year. Initially, we were promised Ksh4 billion, and later Ksh6 billion to clear our debts. However, according to this document, the Ministry of Co-operative and Development management is set to lose Ksh1 billion in recurrent funds from the CCARF. The Chairperson should clarify why this reduction is necessary. Is it because farmers have not utilised the money, or is it a realisation that our farmers have had enough of the Fund? What influenced the Budget Committee's decision? Hon. Temporary Speaker, as a farmer, I can tell you that not all farmers have received the CCARF. Some farmers requested Ksh80 per kilo and only received Ksh20. Some factories which had applied for some money from that Fund have never received any money. It is unfair to revise the budget under the pretext of adding more milk coolers. Does this mean that milk farmers are more important than coffee farmers? The Committee needs to address this. We should not play with our farmers' livelihoods or make promises on television only to play with the figures later. I cannot support this until I fully understand the reasons behind this reduction."
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