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    "id": 195544,
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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Samoei",
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        "legal_name": "William Samoei Ruto",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I agree with hon. Muriithi that we need to base this on accurate information. I want to assure him that my Ministry understands very clearly that we need between 450,000 metric tonnes and 500,000 metric tonnes of the various categories of fertilizer every planting season. It is correct also that the Government, through the National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB), has in the past controlled a very small fraction. In fact, it has been between 8 per cent and 15 per cent of that market. Therefore, the Government has not been in a position to influence the fertilizer market. I want to tell the hon. Member that we are moving the participation of Government from 15 per cent to between 40 per cent and 50 per cent, so that we can effectively influence the activities in the fertilizer market. I also want to tell the hon. Member that we do not use guesswork. We have accurate information upon which we are carrying out the importation exercise and we have clear benchmarks on when this should happen and how much it is going to cost us as a country."
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