{"id":291265,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/291265/?format=json","text_counter":303,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Dr. Nuh","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":114,"legal_name":"Nuh Nassir Abdi","slug":"nuh-abdi"},"content":"Mr. Speaker, Sir, hon. Mungatana has raised concerns in respect of which we all need to worry, but I have a different line of thought. Last year, when enough maize was harvest in this country, the Government made an allegation in this House that we were facing a shortage of food and maize, and that they wanted this House to approve the importation of millions of bags of maize. As a House, we turned down that request. Since we have denied them the right channels for the importation of maize, is this a scheme by the same Government to hoodwink Kenyans and arm-twist us into giving them a nod to import maize? Kenyan farmers will not be able to plant. They are now advising the same farmers to go for other crops, instead of planting maize; because it is this same maize that those in Government want to import."}