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    "id": 433887,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/433887/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Nyenze",
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        "id": 1987,
        "legal_name": "Francis Mwanzia Nyenze (Deceased)",
        "slug": "francis-mwanzia-nyenze"
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Kenya is not as competitive as it used to be because our soils have deteriorated. The Sub-Sahara Africa uses nine kilogrammes of fertilizer per hectare of cultivatable land compared to 100 kilogrammes per hectare in South Asia and 73 kilogrammes in Latin America. So, we are using less fertilizer than any other region and that is why we have less food production. The bulk of fertilizer imports from other countries is weighing this country down. We are spending so much money. Let us set up our local fertilizer manufacturing plant here and we make agriculture more tenable. As I conclude, the Government’s intervention in the fertilizer market must not be politicized. But it must cushion the very poor farmers. If farming is made easy and affordable, this country would be food secure. Today, we are not food secure. Let us make farming interesting and easy by lowering the fertilizer imports and the farmers will produce enough for us and for export. The Government should encourage the use of fertilizer in Arid and Semi Arid areas like Kitui County, where we do not get free fertilizer."
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