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    "id": 1472443,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1472443/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mwingi West, WDM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Charles Nguna",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. At the outset, I support this Bill, but with reservations. We need to make some amendments as put by Hon. Murugara. I thank our Senator for Kitui County, who came up with this Bill. It was for the good of our farmers who grow ndengu . Some of the objectives were to promote the productivity of this crop and generate higher income for farmers. Others were to provide for a framework for the implementation of its effective marketing strategies. With all these factors, I have listened very carefully to one of my colleagues who went through it. I totally concur that we need more public participation in order for this Bill to go through. However, there was a high negative publicity of the Bill. I urge Members to read what is there before opposing it because it is very important. It has gone to the extent of setting the duties of the authorities who are supposed to handle matters of the crop. I have gone through them keenly and they are okay. It has highlighted the duties of the County Executive which is okay as agriculture is a devolved function. I do not have much to say but I will go through the Bill and propose some amendments to the contentious areas, especially the levies to be paid. Hon. Speaker, with those few remarks, I support."
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