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    "id": 508865,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wetangula",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Minority Leader",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 210,
        "legal_name": "Moses Masika Wetangula",
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    "content": " Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. The Government must come back to help and support the farmer. Looking at the functions of the Board, they include: Advice the Cabinet Secretary on matters relating to fertiliser and advice on the relative priorities to be given to the implementation of specific measures. It also includes managing importation. What the Bill does not say is whether the Board will import or only formulate policies for importation. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, it also says that the Board will ensure that there are adequate retail outlets. This is very important. Even if you have mega importers like Mea Limited and so on, then you can obligate them to make sure that there are retail outlets in Migori, Laikipia and everywhere else so that when the farmer needs fertiliser, they can access it and it is affordable. Again, I would like to inform the Chairman of the Committee, who I believe will be probably bringing some amendments to the Bill, that we need a provision for rules to be formulated so that when there is a subsidy, it does not turn into a windfall."
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