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    "id": 244583,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Moi",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Gideon Kipsiele Towett Moi",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I would like also to thank hon. Khamisi for giving me this one minute from his time. I want to talk on the issue of nuts, especially macadamia nuts. I wish to urge the Ministry to regulate this industry. In my constituency, I use the CDF money to encourage growing of macadamia nuts. It has become a very important cash crop in my constituency. Farmers are earning between Kshs150,000 and Kshs200,000 from an acre. We can see what that can do in terms of alleviating poverty. This income helps in paying school fees and hospital bills. The biggest problem in the macadamia industry is the collapse of prices. This has happened because of unscrupulous businessmen who collect immature nuts and send them overseas. This trend has completely spoilt market for the Kenyan macadamia. If we make regulations for the macadamia trade similar to the ones we want to have for the cashew nut crop this will go a long way in assisting our farmers. I do not want to go further; I wish to give a chance to hon. Rotino. With those few remarks, I beg to support."
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