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    "id": 518321,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/518321/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Prof.) Anyang’-Nyong’o",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 193,
        "legal_name": "Peter Anyang' Nyong'o",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, this Bill is very important because one of the things we must understand is that diet requirements of Kenyans based essentially on starch, particularly maize, are being threatened by the weather. In many places where people have depended on rain as a source of water so as to grow both maize and millet, the pattern of rainfall has changed so drastically that peasant farmers are left worried about how they shall continue investing in maize, millet or sorghum production without depending heavily on irrigation. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, traditionally, in this country, the only food crop that has received State attention in terms of irrigation is rice. The other agricultural produce that has depended on irrigation is cart flower. Cart flower is a very typical cash crop as it were because it is produced essentially for export and under capital intensive measures. Rice is irrigated and we should produce enough rice for domestic consumption. However, the reality is that we are not. Sen. Hassan and the Senate Minority Leader---"
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