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    "id": 1569694,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1569694/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Tetu, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Geoffrey Wandeto",
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    "content": "from 10 litres per cow to 20, they are allowed to take two litres a day. This way, farmers pay for improved productivity. This Bill is timely. We must ensure that we do not leave everything to Government. We need to regulate this sector well. Otherwise, we will continue to complain about reduction in productivity. Finally, I have always longed for the day we can use part of the National Government Constituencies Development Fund (NG-CDF) to support agriculture. Due to devolution, clear boundaries were built. I see many opportunities to educate farmers and to support water, irrigation, agriculture and health interventions. However, because of the NG-CDF limitations, I am unable to do this. In future, we can allow 1 or 2 per cent of NG-CDF to go into farmer education. Governors have failed to do this, but Members of Parliament have shown good utilisation of NG-CDF in education, security and environment matters. How can we extend our scope a little bit to meet these needs? This may be theoretical. I rise to support the Bill. It is very important that we get our farmers back to productivity in this country. Thank you."
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