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    "id": 328662,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/328662/?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",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, this Bill will enable KEPHIS to be able to arrest those people who will be found with fake seeds and fertilizers and also those people who are importing things and bringing them illegally into this country. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I would really like to ask the House to support this Bill so that we can save our farmers because they have suffered a lot. You remember one time when farmers were sold ash and told it was fertilizer and then they incurred losses. You remember another time when there was an invasion of weevils people were also sold chemicals which were fake and they ended up losing a lot of their harvest. So, we are seeking the support of this House so that we can pass this Bill to protect farmers and those breeders of different types of plants. With this Bill, now KEPHIS will be able to charge a fee which will keep them in operation. Now they are charging a very minimal amount and we want to enable them to be on their own so that they can collect sufficient fees in order to run their organization and to be able to regulate themselves rather than being regulated by other Acts. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I would like to ask the House that we pass this Bill which is really required as soon as possible. I second the Bill."
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