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    "id": 362898,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/362898/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Muhia",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Wanjiku Muhia",
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    "content": "Hon. Deputy Speaker, as we speak of fertilizer not reaching some places in the country, I wish to confirm to this House that Nyandarua County, which can almost feed this country; does not even get the fertilizer, leave alone it reaching the town. So, this is a good Motion bearing in mind that agriculture is the backbone of our economy. Additionally, we know agriculture can create employment and, as per the Jubilee coalition’s manifesto, that can be resolved once and for all. I wish not to look at food security just like that. With food security in the country, education will definitely improve because when children go to school while well fed, their intellectual capacity will increase. They will be able to gather, learn, research and, at the end of the day, perform very well. Peace will prevail. That is because without food security, maybe, the fights that we find, particularly in North Eastern and the lower parts of the country, will be a thing of the past. People fight because they are idle and hungry, amongst other reasons. So, with food security, peace will prevail and security, in itself, will also prevail. The people will be engaged; they will be busy and all that. Hon. Deputy Speaker, investors will also come to our country, particularly in the agricultural sector. They will bring more revenue, improve our country’s economy through infrastructure and others sectors. The improvement of agriculture through the supply of fertilizer agenda, which hon. Chris Wakhungu has brought to this House, will"
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