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    "id": 396174,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/396174/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Kajuju",
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        "legal_name": "Florence Kajuju",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to support this Motion brought by hon. James Kimaru. In doing so, I take notice of the fact that the majority of the Kenyans in dairy farming are small-scale farmers. As Kenyans, we know that most of our farms nowadays are small as a result of a lot of adjudication and sub-divisions. We find that most of the farmers concentrate on zero grazing among other activities to be able to meet their basic needs. Therefore, if our population relies mostly on milk production then it is only important that they are properly remunerated to be able to get a fair return on the investment that they have make. It really hurts to see that a farmer can be paid Kshs.27 per litre of milk considering the input he makes in order to get that one litre of milk. Really, there is no value addition but still we expect to be able to better the lives of our farmers. I appreciate our President, hon. Uhuru Kenyatta, for pledging to give women and the youth Kshs.6 billion from the Uwezo Fund. My understanding of the Uwezo Fund is that it is meant to boost women and youth who are engaged in small-scale farming. I think these are some of the efforts that the Government is making. If the Government was to invest in such projects and farmers did not get a return on the investment, then the amount in such projects would be lost, since there would be no income for farmers."
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