{"id":161816,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/161816/?format=json","text_counter":686,"type":"other","speaker_name":"","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I moved with speed and ordered the farmers to be paid and they were paid within two weeks. I had discussions with the President and he was kind enough when I brought to his attention, that part of the problem we have in this country is that we have a very small SGR and whenever we have famine or problems like those ones we had in January, we quickly degenerate into a crisis. The President was kind enough that on 6th May, just one month after I took office, he announced formally that the Government was going to increase the SGR from 4 million to 8 million bags. The Ministry of Finance was asked to factor the money for the purchase of that maize into the budget."}