Entry Instance

HTTP 200 OK
Allow: GET, PUT, PATCH, DELETE, HEAD, OPTIONS
Content-Type: application/json
Vary: Accept

{
    "id": 152935,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/152935/?format=api",
    "text_counter": 192,
    "type": "other",
    "speaker_name": "",
    "speaker_title": "",
    "speaker": null,
    "content": "Thirdly, we have now decided to use the Kenya Sugar Board. The same way, we have bought fertilizer in bulk and used bulk purchase as a means of negotiating lower prices of fertilizer instead of every individual company buying two, three or five tonnes of fertilizer which end up being exorbitant to the farmer. We have asked the Kenya Sugar Board (KSB) on behalf of the sugar companies to import fertilizer through a competitive and transparent process. I am happy that the tenders have been advertised and we want a transparent exercise that is going to make sure that fertilizer is available to the sugar cane farmers at reasonable prices. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, fertilizer that would otherwise be available to farmers at Kshs2,000 is being sold to them at Kshs4, 600. That in effect, makes the whole cane farming business very difficult. I have reports that MSC is now paying farmers like other companies; that is, Kshs2,500 and the Government will continue to have stakeholder meetings. The hon. Member is also aware that there has been a meeting between my Ministry, the Members of Parliament from that region and MSC to address some of the challenges that are affecting farmers in that region. We have appealed to farmers not to uproot the cane because the Government is addressing the issues affecting them, so as to make it a profitable enterprise."
}