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    "id": 55495,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/55495/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Koech",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "David Kibet Koech",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, let me, first of all, sincerely thank my good friend, hon. Wamalwa, for bringing this Motion to the House. I want to fully support the Motion. As a country, we keep on saying that agriculture is the backbone of our economy. We are talking of Vision 2030, by which we want to ensure that our economy grows from 7 per cent to 10 per cent. Therefore, there is need for us, as a country, to look at the farmer and the multinationals, who ensure that we are able to produce more. Fertilizer is a very important input in the agriculture sector. Tea, coffee, maize, horticulture, pyrethrum and other crops need fertilizers. I want to say that having a factory of our own is long overdue. Therefore, this Motion is timely. We must ensure, as a country, that fertilizers are readily available to farmers at the right time. In the Rift Valley, currently, where farmers are supposed to be growing maize, you will find very long queues of farmers who want to buy fertilizer. You may think that fertilizers are being given for free. This is because of lack of enough fertilizers, because we rely on importation of the same. So, by establishing our own factory, we shall ensure that fertilizers are readily available at the right time."
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