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    "id": 396235,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/396235/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Mitaru",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Rose Rwamba Mitaru",
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    "content": "Thank you. I came here very early in the morning because I am so happy with the Mover of this Motion. When I was growing up, I knew that my school fees was coming from the sale of milk. This nation must understand that it is not just the nutritive value of milk that we are looking for. We are also looking at the economy and food production. Kenya has a diversity of climate. In Embu County where I come from, we have a lot of milk that goes for less than Kshs20 a litre. There are other areas in my county which do not have milk at all and people buy milk at Kshs50 a litre. My desire is that we ensure that milk production in this country is well distributed and the prices are well organized. People are now buying milk from supermarkets at Kshs60 for half a litre and yet, our farmers are stranded with their milk which they are selling at Kshs20 a litre. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I want to support this Motion 100 per cent because I know it is going to help not just my county, but the whole of Kenya. The cost of buying a cow for milk production is about Kshs200,000. If you look at how much money a farmer gets from that cow, it is very little. Let us consider the farmer, the poorest of the farmers in the rural areas, so that we can balance the cost. The consumption of milk should be encouraged."
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