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    "id": 212662,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/212662/?format=api",
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    "speaker_name": "Mr. ole Ntimama",
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        "legal_name": "William Ronkorua ole Ntimama",
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    "content": "When I have functions in Mau but I cannot go there, because everybody who goes there has to have a tractor in front of him to pull his vehicle. Some of us are getting a little bit worried that you could hurt your back by using the tractors to pull the vehicles. Nobody passes through there with a lorry. The farmers there are being charged exorbitant transport costs of up to five times the normal amount, just because no lorry driver can go there and load the wheat. They will charge you five times, but we have no choice and so we pay the price. But when you sell your barley to the KBL, you get peanuts. We are getting very discouraged just because of this bad road. I would like to really ask the Minister to look into this road, on even the wheat roads, and repair it. He should have a few good murram roads so that, at least, the farmers can have access. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the mainstay of this economy is agriculture, and no agriculture can be developed without a good road network. There are high potential areas like the one I am talking about. It has been surveyed by experts and found that it can feed this country, the region and export most of its products. We can also develop--- The rural electrification is coming up there as well, kidogo kidogo . It is like a token kind of thing but even if it is token, we think that if we get the good road network and some electrification there, we can start the agro-industry, which is the beginning of industrialisation of any country. You cannot industrialise--- We keep talking here and saying that we will industrialise Kenya. If we go to these rich areas, develop electricity and road network, we will develop the agro-industry. Experts say that you cannot industrialise a nation unless you have an agro-industry. Of course, agriculture, I will repeat, is our mainstay. So, why do we not support the farmers in this area, who are producing wheat and barley? We can go ahead and make lots of animal feeds in some of these areas. It is not difficult; we can help our farmers. Right now I hear that we are short of animal feeds, just because we are not prepared to develop a little agro-industry using barley, maize and even vegetables. I wish to ask the Minister to improve the roads to the Maasai Mara. This is the first time I hear that the Government is serious about improving the Mara, yet this is another best for the economy. With those few remark, I beg to support."
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