{"id":209298,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/209298/?format=json","text_counter":34,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Capt. Nakitare","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":348,"legal_name":"Davis Wafula Nakitare","slug":"davis-nakitare"},"content":"Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Minister has answered this Question vaguely. The Kerio Valley Development Authority (KVDA) and the Tana and Athi River Development Authority (TARDA) were meant to establish dry-land farming for the purpose of growing fruits through irrigation. The Minister has not even indicated that. This area is conducive for tissue cultured sugar-cane, which can grow and be harvested in less than 18 months. They have such a project from Spain. What is the Minister going to do to utilise this region, rehabilitate it and change people's culture from herding cattle into farming?"}