{"id":273706,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/273706/?format=json","text_counter":168,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Ms. Karua","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":166,"legal_name":"Martha Wangari Karua","slug":"martha-karua"},"content":"Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am very disappointed. My colleague the Assistant Minister, yesterday asked for time to give a comprehensive answer today. What he has brought is a contemptuous answer which has no regard to the plight the farmers in Hola are facing. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, farmers in Hola Irrigation Scheme grow two types of maize; maize for Kenya Seed Company for use as seeds, and maize for human consumption. The NCPB, like the Assistant Minister has admitted in the statement, has"}