{"id":21868,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/21868/?format=json","text_counter":165,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Mr. Baiya","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":8,"legal_name":"Peter Njoroge Baiya","slug":"peter-baiya"},"content":"asked the Minister of State for Special Programmes:- (a) the cause of the current maize shortage in the country considering that there was no drought experienced in 2010; (b) why the Government has failed to stock the Strategic Grain Reserve (SGR) with maize at the appropriate time; and, (c) why the Government is importing maize at the high prices and yet the National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) did not purchase maize from local farmers."}