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    "id": 1526750,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1526750/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Mutahi Kagwe",
    "speaker_title": "The Cabinet Secretary for Agriculture and Livestock Development",
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    "content": " Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. On the issue raised by the Senator for Kirinyaga, yes, we had agreed. I take what he has said very seriously about visiting macadamia farmers to see and talk to them about their plight. It is our intention as a Government that, indeed, we protect the farmer and make sure that they benefit to the widest extent possible. We will do so. I will take up the issue raised by the hon. Senator. On the issue of public purpose raised by my friend, Sen. Okiya Omtatah, first and foremost, laws are made in this House and the National Assembly. The only position I would humbly submit is that I can stand here to speak as a Cabinet Secretary in a position that is created by the Constitution and this House. That is indeed the position on which I am speaking. The regulatory framework to which the Senator referred to is anchored in law, which is Section 43 of the AFA Act of 2013. It is the one that allows the Cabinet Secretary for Agriculture and Livestock Development, not Mutahi Kagwe, to make pronouncements that I have made. That is the position that made the pronouncements and not as the man from Nyeri. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only.A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and Audio Services,Senate."
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