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    "id": 1569754,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1569754/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nambale, Independent",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Geoffrey Mulanya",
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    "content": "farmers. Many farmers approach the planting season without proper advice, purchasing seeds from agrovet stores and proceeding to their farms without knowing what they should plant. We understand that continuous professional development is essential in all careers. Likewise, in agricultural services, we must ensure that agricultural extension service providers are regularly trained. There should be periodic career advancement to allow them to research emerging issues, including new diseases affecting crops and livestock. Section 4 provides that every five years, both the national Government and the county governments will review the agriculture and livestock policy to evaluate emerging issues and establish what further action is required by our farmers. Hon. Temporary Speaker, in my analysis, this is a very important Bill but it has come late. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, the Government was properly advising farmers on what was supposed to be done. The Government dealt with emerging issues and advised on crops to be planted in various regions. Right now, we have a call for farmers in the Western Region to plant coffee but the question is, after we supply them with seedlings, who will advise them on the next step of how they will care for this crop and benefit from it? With those few remarks, I fully support this Bill and encourage my colleagues to expedite its passage so that we enact it into law. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker."
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