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    "id": 237100,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/237100/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Kembi-Gitura",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Agriculture",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 242,
        "legal_name": "James Kembi Gitura",
        "slug": "kembi-gitura"
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    "content": " Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) Butula constituents have suffered from food insecurity as a result of the recent prolonged drought that affected most parts of the country. (b) The Ministry has undertaken the following activities to increase food production and to ensure food security in Butula Constituency. (i) Enhanced extension services to farmers in the area through staff deployment and provision of necessary logistics. Four more officers have been deployed to Butula Constituency and provided with one more motorcycle. (ii) Revitalization of cotton industry in collaboration with the Nambale ginnery. (iii) Promotion of groundnuts farming to commercialized levels. (iv) Provision and distribution of drought-recovery seed; Three tonnes of maize; 800 kilogrammes of beans, and 1.2 tonnes of sorghum have been provided for the short rains season. (v) Enhanced capacities of Busia FTC and Butula AMS to educate farmers on new farming techniques. (vi) Promotion of sugar-cane farming through provision of credit, labour, seedcane, fertilizers and extension services to farmers by the Mumias Sugar Company."
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