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    "id": 190342,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/190342/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Ndambuki",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Agriculture",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 191,
        "legal_name": "Gideon Musyoka Ndambuki",
        "slug": "gideon-ndambuki"
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    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) The Government has put in place the following measures to avert acute food shortage:- (i) Remove duty on imported rice and reduce duty on imported wheat from 35 per cent to 10 per cent. In 2007/2008 Supplementary Estimates, Kshs2.226 billion was allocated to national food security. (ii) Approve the importation of five million bags of maize to re-stock the Strategic Grain Reserve (SGR). (b) In order to make arid and semi-arid areas more production to feed the nation, the Government has the following plans in place:- (a) Promotion of drought-tolerant traditional food crops such as pigeon peas, cassava, sorghum, sweet potatoes, et cetera . On that, the Government has allocated Kshs68 million. (b) Promotion of water harvesting for crop production. The Ministry has allocated Kshs100 million for water harvesting. (c) Together with other development partners implementing agriculture development projects such as community agricultural development in semi-arid areas, the Government has allocated Kshs42 million. Thank you."
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