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    "id": 30113,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/30113/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Mbiuki",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Agriculture",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Japhet M. Kareke Mbiuki",
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    "content": " Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would like to start by apologising for coming late. I was in the office waiting for this answer. That was why I got here late. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) I am not aware that the employees of the Pyrethrum Board of Kenya (PBK) are currently on strike due to non-payment of their salaries. However, I am aware that the Board has salary arrears of Kshs3.9 million, and not Kshs24 million. The Kshs3.9 million is salaries due to the PBK management staff for the month of July, 2011. This has not precipitated any industrial action to the level of a strike. It will be paid together with the August, 2011 salary after processing, which begins on 18th August, 2011. (b) Pyrethrum farmers in the whole country have not been paid their outstanding debts that the current Board inherited, amounting to Kshs52,556,890, for the flower deliveries of August, 2008 to June, 2009, of which Kshs11,522,331 and Kshs2,059,496 is owed to farmers in Molo, Kuresoi and Keringet respectively. The payment of debts has not been prompt because the Board does not have funds. (c) The Board has requested approval to sell some of its non-core assets worth Kshs300 million to clear the arrears and the balance to be invested in production and processing activities, which will trigger revenue generation to finance the rest of the budget and ensure sustainability of the pyrethrum business. Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir."
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