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    "id": 334947,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/334947/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Kigen",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 44,
        "legal_name": "Luka Kipkorir Kigen",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise to support this Bill. I want to start by thanking hon. Kioni for introducing this Bill at this time. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, this particular crop was one of the most important crops, particularly in the early days of our independent Kenya. This crop was ranked together with coffee in terms of the foreign currency that it brought into the country and also as a major employer of the farmers. I remember the days when we used to be taught in school and told that the backbone of our economy was agriculture. This was informed by contributions made by crops such as coffee and pyrethrum. As you have been told, this crop was introduced in this country in 1928. It was tested and found to do very well in the highlands of our country. From that time, this crop continued to flourish and tonnage went up so that between 1960 and 1970 the crop registered an average of about 15,000 metric tonnes. This was about 75 per cent of the world’s requirement. The crop had become an important foreign exchange earner for the country. Production of the pyrethrum flowers and sales to overseas customers brought in up to Kshs2 billion. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, soon after that the Executive made major mistakes. It is during that time that businesses were being Africanized. In the quest to Africanize the pyrethrum production in this country, the Executive started pumping in"
}