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    "id": 1613699,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1613699/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. M. Kajwang’",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, in this country, it is very difficult to know what the truth is. I was very conflicted when I listened to the statement by the Senator for Kirinyaga about coffee and dairy. On Madaraka Day, the President made an address, telling us how structural changes and reforms in the coffee sector have led to the direct settlement scheme, which will allow coffee farmers to get settlements within just a few days, rather than a number of months. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would like the Committee on Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries to go deeper into this matter, not just to look at that specific aspect of direct settlement scheme, but to verify whether the reforms that the President has told us continuously in the agricultural sector are true reforms. If we were to listen to only one side of the different arms of Government, we will lose it and that is why Parliament exists to validate the claims from the Executive. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, let me also comment on the mineral, the declaration of strategic minerals. Every corner of this country has a strategic or has a critical mineral under the soil. We had expected that the experts we had donated to the broad-based government like Cabinet Secretary, Hon. Hassan Ali Joho, would be able to tell Kenyans the truth for once. The colonialists, when they came to this country, did a mineral mapping and the records are there. County governments have a clear mineral mapping. Today we are talking of fiscal space, we are talking of lack of resources, borrowing money from United Arabs Emirates (UAE) and going into wars in Sudan so that we can---"
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