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    "id": 226745,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/226745/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Awori",
    "speaker_title": "The Vice President and Minister for Home Affairs",
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        "legal_name": "Moody Arthur Awori",
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    "content": " Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, on behalf of the Minister for Water and Irrigation, I beg to reply. (a) Yes, I am aware. (b) Yes, I am aware. (c) The cause of the problem is that farmers were supplied with uncertified seeds in the previous season as the National Irrigation Board (NIB) had stopped producing certified seeds since 1998. This was as a result of NIB having got into a crisis. Its operations were scaled down due to the 1998 conflict with farmers which started in Mwea Irrigation Scheme (MIS) and spread to all other NIB schemes. The effect is that the poor quality seeds have affected rice yields in the two schemes. This has had a negative effect on both the yield and quality of the rice produced. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Ministry, through the NIB, has resumed seed production and research activities. It is already supplying certified quality seeds to the farmers in an effort to improve both quality and yield of rice produce. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Board had adopted a new participatory irrigation management approach to scheme management and irrigation management transfers in order to minimize conflicts. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Board is also carrying out farmers training, in the irrigation schemes, on the importance of using certified seeds."
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