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    "id": 55524,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/55524/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Mututho",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 97,
        "legal_name": "John Michael Njenga Mututho",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, fertilizer needs in the country were fully established and the Ministry of Agriculture took the appropriate action way back in the 70s and we had KenRen Fertilizer. Shockingly, until now, KenRen Fertilizer has been used as a gatekeeper to any further development towards the establishment of a sustainable fertilizer factory. That is not the end of it. I also suspect foul play because fertilizer by definition is just about adding ingredients to the soil towards a certain goal. There is liquid fertilizer, which is concentrate and does not have the buffer. There is no reason why we should not do that now. If this Government is, indeed, serious about establishing a fertilizer factory, we should start there. That does not require a very big lay out and complications. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, the other thing is that they gave this contract to the infamous man who does the clearing at Mombasa. I do not want to name him now. That contract gave somebody express authority to offload from the shipping bulk; bulk handling. That has not been revoked. As such, a Kenyan farmer pays an extra US$6 for every tonne of fertilizer to that man, for a contract that was never executed. That adds to the cost. Finally, it is basic science that fertilizer is so critical to our soils and use of inadequate or misuse of it, ends up in a disaster in crop production. I support."
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