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    "id": 305855,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/305855/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Mututho",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "John Michael Njenga Mututho",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I rise to support this Bill in its entirety. In supporting this Bill, I must sound a serious warning from where we work - the Committee of Agriculture, Livestock and Co-operatives - that the days of quacks bringing in anything and calling them seeds; the days when you would bring any material without any control; the days when you would pose as a seed breeder when in essence you do not have any breeders’ rights are long gone. Now it is time for us to reflect the seriousness of agriculture in the Kenyan economy. Out of the Kshs3 trillion or thereabout which is our productivity in this country, agriculture still maintains a stable 24 per cent. Such a heavy investment then requires total control. I thank the Ministry for coming up with this Bill. I am aware and privy to the fact that they are consolidating all their Acts and I believe all the useful and good practices will be borrowed. But we cannot wait, particularly now when we have this maize problem. We have other problems to do with potatoes and everything. Kenyans require prosperity. It is a shame that in this region, although we are economic giants, we are still food insecure, not because we cannot do it right, but we have so many unprofessional people trying to do what they are not supposed to be doing."
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