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    "id": 55525,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/55525/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Ngugi",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "David Mwaniki Ngugi",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker. Let me start by congratulating Mr. Wamalwa for bringing this Motion on this very important subject. The establishment of a fertilizer factory in this country will not only benefit the farmers, but it will really cut costs. The amount of money that we use in importing fertilizer is enormous. We will be able to cut costs by half or even more than half if we were to establish a factory here and produce our own fertilizer. Countries like Zimbabwe, Mauritius and others, are able to set up their own factories and the cost of producing their crops in those countries is much less than ours. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, when we import fertilizer, we only benefit a few people who are the ones who import this fertilizer. If we were to set up a fertilizer factory here, the benefit will spread to all Kenyans. Let me also say this in respect of this fertilizer that the Government imports and subsidizes: It is only benefitting certain regions. In places like the County of Nyandarua, we do not benefit. We would ask the Ministry of Agriculture, in particular National Cereals and Produce Board, to ensure that the Government’s subsidized fertilizer reaches every corner of the country where there are farmers. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, with those few remarks, I wish to support this Motion. Thank you, very much."
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