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    "id": 30351,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/30351/?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": "Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, as I said before, godowns are linked to our railway lines. The recent plans by the Government to revitalize the railway sector is really going to benefit the farmers of this country, more so those under the renewed KFA. The KFA has some shares in the Kenya Seed Company (KSC). These shares were meant to cushion the farmer in terms of seed availability because of the interest that the KFA had in seed production. So, salvaging the KFA would enable this institution to be able to guarantee its members availability of seeds at the time when these seeds are required. It is important for this Government to know that the efforts of farmers need to be supplemented. It is important for this Government to know that it is always not good to support one sector and ignore another sector. I come from one of the areas that, of course, do very well in cereal production. The KFA has a very important role that it can play within this area. You know the KSC, KFA and National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) are institutions that are meant to support the cereal grower. Sometimes the NCPB purchases maize for SGR; we have not been able to realize a good price simply because farmers have no ability to store maize, and have no drying facilities. Therefore, the cartels come in and are able to buy our produce even for much lower prices than the market price only to avail the same at an opportune time when they can make a big profit."
}