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    "id": 1498924,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1498924/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Dr Andrew Mwihia Karanja",
    "speaker_title": "The Cabinet Secretary for Agriculture and Livestock Development",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I can confirm that the price of macadamia nuts declined from Ksh200 to Ksh50. This happened between 2022 and 2023 because most of the companies could not sell because of COVID-19 and the lockdown. In some areas, the price went down to Ksh30. We cannot deny it. The price of macadamia nuts has risen because the demand has risen again. At the end of last year, the farmers were fetching around Ksh80. Currently, some of them are going up to Ksh120. There has been a revival because the Government came in and ensured that the demand improved by allowing the nut in shell exports. This made sure there is competition in the market and the prices improved. We also note that 95 per cent of our macadamia nuts are exported. So, the prices we get depend on what is happening in the global market. When there was a decline in their prices, it was attributed to the global turmoil in some of the markets where we sell them like in the United States of America (USA), European Union (EU) and China. Since then, as I have indicated the prices have gone up. One of the consequences is that our manufacturers or local processors, who are about 35 or 38, could not get the macadamia nuts to process in the country because of the glut which was there. China has emerged as one of the macadamia nuts producers which causes a glut in the market. The dynamics about the prices in Kenya are mainly global and local. They depend on whether we export macadamia nuts in shell or the local companies process them. Which measures are we taking? As I have indicated, the Ministry lifted the ban on exportation of raw macadamia nuts which was imposed from 2nd November 2023 to 3rd November 2024. It was imposed to facilitate clearing of the backlog of macadamia nuts in shell through export. This translated to price recovery from the previous low of Ksh30 last year to an average of Ksh80 last year. Those prices have increased to Ksh120 by now. The Ministry, through the Agriculture and Food Authority (AFA), has undertaken intensive sensitisation of growers of the need to form associations and co-operatives. Macadamia nuts farmers are not organised into groups or co-operatives. They are being"
}