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    "id": 271223,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/271223/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. K. Kilonzo",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 172,
        "legal_name": "Julius Kiema Kilonzo",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise to seek a Ministerial Statement from the Minister for Agriculture on the award of tender to the National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) to supply DAP fertilizer in the 2011/2012 Financial Year. In the statement, the Minister should state:- (i) The criteria used to award the tender to supply DAP fertilizer to the NCPB in the 2011/2012 Financial Year. (ii) The Minister should explain why the NCPB was mandated to procure fertilizer and yet according to CAP 338 of the NCPB Act of Laws of Kenya, it is not supposed to import and deal in fertilizer. (iii) The Minister should clarify why a company by the name Export Trading Limited which imports maize and is under investigation by the Departmental Committee on Agriculture, Livestock and Cooperatives has been given storage facilities by the NCPB, and it is the only company that has been awarded the tender for the last four years to supply fertilizer. (iv) I would also like the Minister to confirm or even deny that Kshs4 billion has been spent annually on the subsidy programme. She should also explain why the NCPB has not been able to buy maize this season. (v) I would like the Minister to indicate the number of small-scale farmers who have benefited from the subsidy programme and also indicate whether the programme has been audited or not. (vi) I would also like the Minister to state whether she is aware that the Public Procurement Authority has sanctioned investigations into the circumstances under which this tender was awarded to the Export Trading Limited. If the NCPB is aware that the Public Procurement Authority has engaged investigations into this matter, why did they go ahead and award this tender to these people regardless of the outcome of the investigations both by the Public Procurement Authority and Parliament? (vii) Lastly, I would like the Minister to tell us who are the directors of this company and whether they have any connection with politicians in this House."
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