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    "id": 30348,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/30348/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Magerer",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Energy",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 51,
        "legal_name": "Magerer Kiprono Langat",
        "slug": "magerer-langat"
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    "content": " Thank you, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to straightaway support and thank my friend, who is also my twin brother from Budalangi for thinking about our farmers. It needs to be understood that the assets of Kenyan Farmers Association belong to the farmers. They are spread around the country. The last time I checked, they were in about 60 sites across the country and strategically situated to benefit our farmers. Prior to coming to Parliament, I had an opportunity to work in the agro-chemical industry. I want to say that the Kenya Farmers Association, through their outlet, was a major player in distributing farm inputs to our farmers. It is very sad that to this moment, we have let this association go down. It was an association of farmers who came together so that they could have the benefit of economies of scale. That was the main reason why this association was created. Somewhere along the way, the focus was lost and, as usual, the cartels of this country invaded the system and the goodwill of farmers. If you look at anywhere we have a railway line in the country today, you will not miss a KFA godown. In many places, they have been disused. Some of them have been grabbed. Some are being threatened with being sold. Even where I come from, Kipkelion, where we have about three of four godowns, you will see that some of them have been turned into church houses. This is very saddening because the initial dream of the founder members of KFA was that they pull together so that they reap the benefits of being together. In requesting the Government to bail out the KFA, we are not saying this out of nowhere. We know that this Government has bailed out other organizations which have benefited mwanachi. I had an opportunity today to read an article in one of our local dailies which stated clearly, that the Government has waived Kshs3.8 billion for coffee farmers in terms of accrued loans. The Mover of this Motion is only asking for Kshs1.3 billion or thereabouts to bail out an institution that can work for our farmers."
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