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    "id": 305296,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/305296/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Mungatana",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Danson Buya Mungatana",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I beg to move that the Coconut Bill (Bill No.58 of 2011) be read a Second Time. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, this Bill has various targets that it wishes to achieve. But before I say a few things, I wanted to thank the Minister for Agriculture with whom we have consulted and Mr. Ndambuki. They have absolutely no objection to this Bill. Already the Kenya Coconut Development Authority exists. It exists, not as a statutory body but as a body that was set by an Executive Order of the President. The board has been functional and its activities have been successful so far. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, the Coconut sub-sector is a very important sub-sector for the economy of the Coast. Right now the information that we have is that there are about 8 million coconut trees that are currently growing in the Coast. They have a potential to generate an annual income of Kshs23 billion to the Exchequer if properly exploited. This plant is very unique because it has so many uses of economic nature. The"
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