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    "id": 362912,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/362912/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Korir",
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        "legal_name": "Wesley Kipchumba Korir",
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    "content": "Thank you so much for the chance. First of all, I support the Motion. I think this Motion by Chris Wakhungu comes at the right time and we need to act fast. I was in Cherengany recently and farmers were asking about the top-dressing fertilizer which is needed about this time and it is not there. I think by setting up an independent body to deal with the fertilizer importation, first of all, it takes away the liability. I think the reason why we have been having delays is because fertilizer comes in through NCPB and because NCPB has somebody who has gone to court to fleece its assets, farmers suffer from that. So, we have to act fast, get an independent body so that the liabilities of NCPB are not carried by fertilizer importation. The second thing the Ministry should do is to encourage farmers to form co- operative societies and use them to distribute fertilizer to the farmers. That will enable the fertilizer to reach the local farmers who have new farms and cannot acquire fertilizer quickly. That will also help farmers by protecting them from middlemen. I think farmers in this country have suffered enough for a long time and it is our duty as a country to protect them from those middlemen who come in and make profits."
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