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    "id": 195812,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Wamalwa",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 148,
        "legal_name": "Eugene Ludovic Wamalwa",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I appreciate the Assistant Minister's attempt to answer the Question. But with respect, the answer is totally unsatisfactory. Is the Assistant Minister aware that on 25th March, 2008, the Leader of Government Business, on behalf of the Minister for Agriculture, indicated that the Government had set aside Kshs294 million, received from the 2KR Japanese Grant and that the Government had also given the NCPB a credit line of Kshs850 million to purchase fertilizer in order to stabilise the prices? The answer given is at variance with the undertaking of the Government as of 25th March, 2008. It was indicated that within a week of the said date, the NCPB would have received this money and the fertilizer prices would have been stabilised. To date, the fertilizer prices remain at Kshs4,000 per bag of 50 kilogramme and farmers are unable to plant. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, is the Assistant Minister aware that the planting season is coming to an end? Indeed, the prices of fertilizer are still high and many farmers are still waiting for the pledge of this Government, that fertilizer prices will be brought down after the extension of the credit line to the NCPB. Is he also aware that during the State Opening of this House on 6th March, 2008, there was---"
}