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    "id": 181259,
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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Kioni",
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        "legal_name": "Jeremiah Ngayu Kioni",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to thank the Assistant Minister for that attempt to answer the Question. We all know that 80 per cent of pyrethrum is produced within Nyandarua District and my constituency is within that district. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, since this misappropriation took place, the acreage of pyrethrum has dropped from 8,000 acres to 1,400 acres. Farmers in Ndaragwa Constituency have not been paid for, last 12 months. In the last three years, the number of farmers has dropped from 12,000 to only 2,000. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have a set of two answers from the Assistant Minister. The miss is hilarious! One answer says that a total of Kshs2.3 billion was lost. The other answer given to me today talks of Kshs3.02 billion. Both the answers were signed on the same day, 13th of October, 2008. We are talking about billions of shillings yet this is the level of seriousness this issue is getting. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Assistant Minister has said that seven officers were sacked. However, we have a report from the Government saying that two of the dismissed persons have since been reinstated because they were unprocedurally dismissed. Is the Assistant Minister in order to mislead this House? This is a document that was done by the Government and it is confirming that two of the persons that the Assistant Minister is saying were dismissed, have since been reinstated. Is it accurate to say that one of the officers; Mr. Muchina, was transferred to Kirinyaga with no functional duties yet he was part of the team?"
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