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    "id": 327766,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/327766/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Ndambuki",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Agriculture",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 191,
        "legal_name": "Gideon Musyoka Ndambuki",
        "slug": "gideon-ndambuki"
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    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) The Government, through the National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB), is buying maize for Strategic Grain Reserve (SGR) to cushion farmers from exploitation by middle men. In addition, the Government is implementing warehouse receipt system in which farmers can store their maize to sell at their own time. (b) The NCPB is in the process of identifying a suitable storage facility. I would like to request the hon. Member to be there on Thursday this week at 10.00 a.m. The Managing Director of NCPB will be there with his team and the provincial administration trying to identify a place where they can buy maize from. The facility at Lare-Naishi is on a temporary arrangement since the buying center’s facility was completely damaged beyond rehabilitation. Mr. Speaker, Sir, if we were to build a store in a hurry now, it would cost about Kshs8 million. The NCPB does not have money now. However, they have put it in their budget. They will construct it in the coming financial year. In the meantime, Lare-Naishi farmers are advised to get services from the Elburgon Depot. (c) The county has six operational depots which include Nakuru, Solai, Subukia, Naivasha, Elburgon and Olenguruoni. All of them are open to buy maize from farmers."
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