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    "id": 158205,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/158205/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Wetangula",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Foreign Affairs",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 210,
        "legal_name": "Moses Masika Wetangula",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I also want to laud the Minister for allocating money to the agricultural sector. For a long time, in fact, since Independence, Kenya has always been rightly described as an agricultural country. We produce food for export and domestic consumption. However, it becomes a terrible challenge when a country gets to a level where it becomes difficult to feed its people. Indeed, one of the neglects that previous successive Governments have had on the people of Kenya is the failure to pay sufficient attention to the farming sector. We fell into the trap of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank doses of kicking out the Government from the management of agricultural facilities such as cattle dips and others. We were constantly reminded that the duty of the Government is not to do business and yet out there, farming is heavily subsidized. The provision of subsidized fertilizer to farmers must be an issue that this House must ensure it never gets out of our Budget books. Farmers must be supported at all levels. I would like to see a situation where the Minister for Agriculture helps in reviving farming institutions so that farmers can pick inputs with a ready off stake of their products and availability of credit to enable"
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