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    "id": 1489687,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1489687/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kitui East, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Nimrod Mbai",
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    "content": " I wanted to add my voice on the proposal before we approve it. We know agriculture is the backbone of our country. Formerly, before devolution, whoever was in the country would tell there were some serious activities to do with agriculture on the fields. Officers were being sent there, supporting farmers, and were having vehicles and motorbikes. Today, after devolution, county governments do not support agriculture as much as the national Government did. If we take this direction for another 10 or 20 years, this country might start borrowing unnecessary foodstuffs which we have never thought Kenya could run out of. With beef, we can see the industry of livestock in agriculture is much affected. There are no extension officers. To this far, I do not know which county has ever employed a veterinary officer. They are using public health officers to inspect meat in the towns. The same public health officers cannot be used as field extension officers for agricultural businesses. I urge counties to be more vigilant because they are carrying out a very important role of feeding this country. As we empower them, they should take up their role with strength."
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