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    "id": 1618398,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1618398/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kikuyu, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah",
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    "content": "We are fortunate that this year we are starting at a time when our economy is not doing as badly as it was before, and there are fewer disruptions to our economy. The rains have done us a little bit of justice. Therefore, food production, in the backdrop of the subsidised fertiliser programme, which has been provided with adequate resources in these Budget Estimates, has augmented our productivity in terms of food production. When a nation is food secure, the economy is naturally bound to do better. We have always prided ourselves on being an agro-based economy, which means that when agriculture is doing well, the entire economy naturally will do well. This has not only been reflected in reduced food prices for consumers but also in better returns for farmers, including those in the dairy sector who, through Kenya Cooperative Creameries (KCC), now enjoy a minimum of Ksh50 per litre of their milk delivered to KCC. Additionally, farmers in Embu are happy since they are benefiting from a very good coffee price, if not the best in the last 10 years. I can see Hon. Mukunji smiling because he knows farmers in Manyatta are happy. This has been a result of the progressive and well- focused economic policies that this Government chose to embark on in 2022. Away from the populist things that people say out there in funerals, weddings and other political rallies, the policies implemented under the BETA are bearing good fruit for the people of Kenya. Some, of course, as we said earlier, may not have been very popular with the people, but it is not always true that what is popular is correct and what is right is popular. I am glad that this administration chose to do what is right and not necessarily what is popular. The popularity of these policies is now evident, as evidenced by the significant investment made in the housing sector following the implementation of the Housing Agenda in this country. Many people doubted whether this would be a reality, but the continuous handover of the completed 1,200 units in Mukuru caused huge frenzy in the country. Many people were led to believe by naysayers that the housing agenda would never materialise, and they would never see those houses. People believed that those houses were being built for a select few. Probably, it was expected that the Members of Parliament, governors, and Cabinet Secretaries would be the owners of those houses. Today, we have seen"
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