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    "id": 207985,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/207985/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Prof. Olweny",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Patrick Ayiecho Olweny",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I simply wanted to draw the Minister's attention to the fact that, Ahero and West Kano irrigation schemes are not performing today because the Government allowed thugs in form of people owning microfinance institutions to go there. Those are actually politicians. They ran out of money and now, nobody can sponsor the farmers' activities. The microfinance institutions had an arrangement of giving farmers small loans 3322 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES August 21, 2007 that they could repay after they have harvested. We have problems at Ahero and West Kano irrigation schemes. The Agricultural Finance Corporation (AFC) is supporting farmers in Mwea. But the AFC in Kisumu has refused to give money to farmers in Ahero and West Kano irrigation schemes claiming that farmers in those two schemes do not have title deeds. Which farmers own title deeds? The land belongs to the National Irrigation Board (NIB). The same arrangement is what we have in Mwea. I wish to request the Minister to request his colleague, the Minister for Agriculture, to direct AFC to support the farmers in Ahero and West Kano irrigation schemes. We have serious problems there. The schemes have stalled! Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have seen that some money has been set aside for the control of floods in Nyando District. Of course, we have been having floods year in, year out, for the last four years. The last financial year---"
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