Entry Instance

HTTP 200 OK
Allow: GET, PUT, PATCH, DELETE, HEAD, OPTIONS
Content-Type: application/json
Vary: Accept

{
    "id": 403709,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/403709/?format=api",
    "text_counter": 120,
    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Prof.) Lonyangapuo",
    "speaker_title": "",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 447,
        "legal_name": "John Krop Lonyangapuo",
        "slug": "john-lonyangapuo"
    },
    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, thank you for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this Motion which is, indeed, very timely. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, we are 50 years old as a nation and a number of Senators here are below 50 years old. There is a song that we used to sing which said that agriculture is the strength of the nation. It is even written that it is the backbone of the Kenyan economy. But what value have we put to agriculture ever since the first Government took power? I want to give credit and praise to the first Government that brought Independence and the second Government for putting agriculture at the top. Look at the structures that they put in place, like the AFC. It was supposed to create an enabling environment where farmers would take affordable loans. A farmer was supposed to go to the Kenya Farmers Association (KFA) and pick UP seed and fertilizers. The KFA was supposed to be buying bulk fertilizer from abroad at a cheap rate, subsidized by the Government. But now the KFA is dead and the AFC also went down. When it The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate"
}