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    "id": 1569705,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kitui Central, WDM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr) Makali Mulu",
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    "content": " Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I appreciate the time you have given me to join my colleagues in supporting this important Bill, the Agriculture and Livestock Extension Services Bill. When I was young and joined secondary school, any teacher who came to our class would say agriculture is the backbone of our economy. Those were the days when crops like coffee, tea, and pyrethrum were contributing seriously to the economic growth and foreign exchange earnings. Over time, this important sector continues to decline in terms of its contribution to the GDP of this country. If you do an analysis of our economic growth and growth of some of these sectors, you will find that anytime agriculture does well, the economic growth of the country goes up. This means agriculture is like the main driver of our economic growth. This being the case, it means that it is important we do all it takes to support this sector. When I was young my mother was a very good farmer, despite being illiterate. Up to now, she still does serious farming at her age. She is about 87. Agricultural extension officers used to come to our farm. Those days they used to carry some wood to measure terraces. Anytime you saw them, you could see value addition to the farmer’s work. Those were the old days. To get an extension officer these days, you have to look for them. Why are we looking for extension officers? Over time, the Government stopped recruiting them. To make things worse, governors have also not recruited them. The few who are there are demotivated, since they are neither supported with The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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