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    "id": 457804,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/457804/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Wekesa",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "David Wafula Wekesa",
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    "content": "Hon Deputy Speaker, pursuant to Standing Order No.44(2)(c), I wish to request a Statement from the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Agriculture, Livestock and Cooperatives with regard to maize trade in the country. The Government is yet to open the National Cereals and Produce Board maize buying centers. This is, therefore, causing a lot of uncertainty among the farmers and the maize buyers, hence affecting the price of maize. In some areas such as Uasin Gishu and Trans Nzoia counties, middlemen have taken advantage of the absence of the NCPB centres and are buying maize at a throw away price to the disadvantage of farmers. In his Statement, the Chairperson should inquire into and report on the definite timeline on when the Government will open accessible maize buying centers in maize growing areas countrywide; and the official price of a 90-kilogramme bag of maize as set by the Ministry of Agriculture in consultation with the stakeholders. The Chairperson should take this seriously and treat it as urgent. As I speak, maize farmers in the North Rift, namely, Trans Nzoia and Uasin Gishu counties, are selling maize to middle men at a throw away price at between Kshs2,000 and Kshs2, 200---"
}