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    "id": 280725,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/280725/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Kiuna",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 54,
        "legal_name": "Joseph Nganga Kiuna",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. First of all, I would like to congratulate His Excellency the President for his good Speech he made in this House. This Speech touched on various issues affecting our country. I would like to commend him on the issue of roads. As my colleague has just mentioned, if you look across the country, you will find that there is a lot of change and improvement with regard to road infrastructure. The Assistant Minister for Roads is here and I hope he is listening. With regard to the road network in the whole Republic, the Government has done a commendable job compared with the previous regimes. On agriculture, we have also seen some improvement. As we commend the Government for its good work with regard to agriculture, there is more to be done in that sector. I am saying this because I come from an agriculturally productive area; that is, Molo in Nakuru County. We are very much endowed with various food crops and our farmers are very hardworking. These hardworking Kenyans should be commended and supported. However, it is very unfortunate that as I speak here, the sweat of these diligent farmers or Kenyans is going to drain because they hardly get what they are supposed to get. I am particularly talking about dairy farmers who help in the production of milk. We have the KCC which is owned by farmers. The farmers are deprived of the gains of their sweat. There are some people who want to hijack that process. So, I request that those who are in charge to tread carefully. With regard to pyrethrum, I hope the Government will do something and rectify the situation. It is disappointing to see that we, the pyrethrum growers, are not allowed to process it here and sell it as a finished product. Instead, we export pyrethrum and when it comes back, we buy it at exorbitant prices. Why can we, Kenyans – the producer – not also manufacture and sell the products of pyrethrum to the outside world? It is an issue we need to revisit and look at afresh. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, with regard to maize, it pains me a lot to see an agricultural productive country like Kenya importing food---"
}