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    "id": 261374,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/261374/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Ndambuki",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Agriculture",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 191,
        "legal_name": "Gideon Musyoka Ndambuki",
        "slug": "gideon-ndambuki"
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    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) I am aware that the price of maize grain has come down from Kshs91.42 in July, 2011 to Kshs67.20 in January, 2012 for a packet of two kilogrammes thus reducing the price by Kshs24.20. Consequently, the price of maize flour has reduced from Kshs135.70 to Kshs111.75 for a two kilogramme packet of sifted maize meal giving a reduction of Kshs27.95 over the same period. The net effect is that maize flour prices are responding to the maize grain price reduction. However, the reduction has not been significant due to escalating fuel prices that have contributed to the slow rate of closing the gap. (b) The Government has undertaken the following measures to address the high cost of maize flour: (i) Opened a window on importation of maize duty free to cushion the shortfall. This has contributed to the price reduction that has realized the downward trend in the price of maize and maize flour for the last four months. (ii) Importation authority expired on 31st December, 2011. (iii) Implementation of fertilizer subsidy programmes, bulk fertilizer procurement, a national agricultural accelerated input access programme intended to make fertilizer affordable and boost maize production. (iv) Opened National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) buying of maize countrywide which will boost the supply and complement stocks bought by millers. The NCPB is buying the maize at Kshs3,000 per 90 kilogramme bag."
}