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    "id": 30334,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/30334/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Namwamba",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 108,
        "legal_name": "Ababu Tawfiq Pius Namwamba",
        "slug": "ababu-namwamba"
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker Sir, I beg to move the following Motion:- THAT, appreciating the critical role of the Kenya Farmers Association (KFA) once played in the agricultural sector as a reliable supply chain for farm inputs and a marketing conduit for produce; noting with deep concern that the collapse of the 65,000 member KFA has adversely affected the welfare of the Kenyan farmer and stability of the agricultural sector; aware that the said collapse of the KFA was a consequence of mismanagement and abandonment by the Government; acknowledging that the gallant efforts by the farmers to revive the KFA have been hampered by a heavy burden of bad debts accumulated by reason of the said mismanagement and Government inertia; concerned that various creditors, including the National Bank of Kenya, Barclays Bank and workers are moving to auction properties of the KFA, further encumbering the noble revival efforts; convinced that the immediate resuscitation of the KFA is a matter of strategic national importance; this House urges the Government to immediately avail a grant of Kshs1.3 billion to the KFA to help clear the bad debts and enable it restructure and contribute to the rapid growth of the agricultural sector in line with Vision 2030."
}