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    "id": 1546340,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1546340/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Alego Usonga, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Samuel Atandi",
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    "content": "This is a Motion I have thought about. It aligns with the Government’s focus on investment in the manufacturing sector. I urge the Government to do something on this front. I will be moving the Division of Revenue Bill this afternoon, and you will note that in the last two financial years, the Government spent over Ksh50 billion on fertiliser subsidy. Imagine if these subsidies were going to local companies undertaking manufacturing of fertilisers, the number of jobs that would have been created in the sector would have been enormous. Unfortunately, the subsidies go to some of the companies importing fertilisers. This matter is very important. Kenya should not be left behind in efforts to improve our agricultural sector. Having looked at the performance of the economy in the last five years and noticed how it continues to diversify, I realise that one of the things that we should do is to encourage farmers to engage in commercial agriculture since most of them are engaged in small-scale farming. One of the outcomes that we would realise as an economy if we had all these companies manufacturing fertilisers is that most farmers would be interested in doing commercial farming, which is more profitable. If people engage in commercial farming, our tax bracket will widen. We do not tax agriculture because it is mostly practised by small-scale farmers. Some of the challenges that are forcing farmers to do small-scale farming include availability of cheap quality fertilisers from within our economy. With those remarks, I beg to move and request Hon…"
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