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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Busia County, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Catherine Omanyo",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I support this Bill because the time we used to do things haphazardly and just gazing without upping our game in increasing productivity has passed because population keeps increasing. I think pesticides, the enemy of crop and livestock, and other knowledge that farmers have been applying has necessitated constant change. We know extension officers who usually can be found in a very big location. We do not have enough of these officers to support the farmers or be there on time to adequately give the appropriate advice if anything befalls the farmers. The extension officers are not trained often and they lack funding to enable them reach every farmer. Most times, they lack means to access some interior places where we have indigenous rooted agriculturalists, real farmers who do not even think of white collar jobs but depend 100 per cent on agriculture. Technology has changed significantly where if you do not train these officers, even if they were to reach the farmers, they would have a normal tête- à-tête instead of giving them know-how and skills they need. To effectively support farmers, we need to take this section seriously as a nation and give it adequate funding."
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