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    "id": 274977,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/274977/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Kamama",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Higher Education, Science and Technology",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 165,
        "legal_name": "Asman Abongutum Kamama",
        "slug": "asman-kamama"
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    "content": " Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, first of all, I want to really thank my good friend, hon. Namwamba for coming up with this very important Motion. Under the spirit of collective responsibility I am representing the Minister and I want to support this Motion in totality. This is because it is in good spirit and it is meant to save our farmers in the dairy sub-sector. First of all, we will ensure with speed that this privatization is stopped forthwith until all these matters are resolved, for example, floatation of shares. All farmers must get their dues because dairy farming is not an easy exercise. Taking care of livestock until you get the milk is not an easy business. So, I support that we establish a committee of three representatives from the Ministry of Co-operative Development and Marketing. We must also have four representatives from the KFA so that we are able to determine the shareholding rights and rights of farmers before it is converted properly into the New KCC. We want our farmers to be protected. They need to be awarded what is due to them because it is their right. You all know that this company started many years back. It started in 1925 and it has supported our farmers all the time. Most of these Members are beneficiaries of the Nyayo milk from the KCC and I am also one of them. I think as a Ministry, we should give priority when it comes to apportioning shares to the original members of the KCC. I want to promise the House that we will move with speed to ensure that this committee is in place and it begins its work immediately. We want it to take the shortest time possible so that farmers can really get what is due to them. In addition to this, we support competitors who are in the dairy sub-sector because they need to compete with this other company so that farmers can get the best from their produce. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I support this Motion. Most Members have a lot of interest in this Motion because it is in the hearts of most farmers that they are protected from being defrauded by anybody. We are in agreement with the Mover of this Motion. I support it fully and we will implement it with speed."
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