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    "id": 274953,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/274953/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Kinyanjui",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Roads",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 48,
        "legal_name": "Lee Maiyani Kinyanjui",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I think from the outset, I wish to state that my understanding of this Motion is that we are really not just talking about shares. We are talking about the value chain, and to what extent the farmer owns the commodity that he sells until it gets to the market. The price that the farmer gets when he delivers one litre of milk is about Kshs24. The milk is processed, for example in Nakuru, after delivery, it is processed and within five hours, it is brought to the supermarket there. One litre will go for Kshs70. In effect, the farmer who has to take care of the cow when it is sick, and looks at the best breeds gets only 36 per cent of the value of the milk when it is sold. Therefore, the 64 per cent difference between what he receives and the supermarket price is actually taken by the people here in between; these are the creameries, the retailers and all those people. Therefore, we would want the farmer to be a beneficiary of the 64 per cent; this can only be possible if you include the farmer in the ownership of the New KCC."
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