{"id":218532,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/218532/?format=json","text_counter":29,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Mr. Muiruri","speaker_title":"The Assistant Minister for Agriculture","speaker":{"id":238,"legal_name":"Patrick Kariuki Muiruri","slug":"patrick-muiruri"},"content":" Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. Kenya Planters Co-operative Union (KPCU) does not owe Kshs641 million accruing from the sale of coffee supplied by Central Province farmers in 2002. The amount was held by a consortium of banks from the then marketer, the Coffee Board of Kenya. The Ministry is following up the matter with the Treasury to find ways of paying the farmers' arrears."}