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    "id": 1569208,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1569208/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mwea, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Mary Maingi",
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    "content": "Hon. Deputy Speaker, it is against this background that I request for a Statement from the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Agriculture and Livestock on the following: 1. The total quantity of rice that the Government has imported in the last financial year. 2. Why the Government is reluctant to buy rice from the local farmers and has chosen to import the commodity despite having sufficient locally produced rice. 3. The total annual production of rice in the last financial year compared to the local annual consumption projections. 4. Measures being undertaken by the Government to ensure that a larger percentage of rice produced locally is purchased by the Government to reduce overreliance on imported rice. 5. The steps being taken to cushion rice farmers in the country from likely unfair market competition that could arise from over-saturation of the market by imported rice."
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