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    "content": "Therefore, I will support the setting up of a board that will distribute not only subsidized fertilizers but also seeds and other inputs. Also, in pursuit of what we call “mechanized agriculture” we can see how such a board will help the country procure, or even through industrialization manufacture, mechanized equipment that will help our farmers. We need not dwell on the NCPB much because it is a total let down to the people of this country. Hon. Wakhungu, who has moved this Motion, has said that the Board supplies our farmers with seeds and fertilizers long after the planting season. We have also had occasion to see in the media their cash flow problems, which I will say are self- inflicted. These are problems which emanate from corruption within this organization and certain private companies. I think we are saying it is too much having the same organization procure and distribute fertilizers. Since the Board has failed in its core mandate, which is the acquisition of grains, we should move away all the other things which are not its core business and give them to somebody else. Such a board as is proposed by the Mover of this Motion will go a long way in ensuring that we have food security in this country."
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