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    "id": 578027,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/578027/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kabando wa Kabando",
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        "legal_name": "Kabando wa Kabando",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker and Hon. Washiali for the donation. This is one of the evidence that emerge to show the importance of people working as national leaders devoid of the grandstanding that we normally see. We waste so much time in this country grandstanding particularly between the Senate and the National Assembly. The fact that our Committee worked through the initiative of Hon. Chris Wamalwa with the Senate to mediate and bring a Bill that is synergized and is in agreement in order to help our farmers, should be an indicator of the direction we should continue taking as the National Assembly of the Republic of Kenya. We need to avoid the misconceptions out there that we are only fighting for space at the top. Secondly is the importance of emphasis on technical people with key roles in leadership and management of institutions that are so critical for the development of this country. When we were growing up, at the level of students who are now here watching us talking, we heard every day that agriculture is the backbone of our economy. Kilimo ni uti wa mgongo wa uchumi waKenya. That song has died. We are hearing battles in the coffee industry, in the sugar industry and contest about who is going to pay how much for maize. There is also stagnation in mega irrigation schemes. Re-focus is now needed. To finish is the emphasis on research as Hon. Kisoi said. I remember two elderly Agricultural Extension Officers who were very famous in my Rutuni village in Mukurweini walking to measure every farm, survey and test the soils on coffee planting and advising on livestock. It is not happening. The fact that we have devolved agriculture should not divest at the national level the need for us to escalate research and give adequate budgetary allocations for research and technology in our universities. Upper Kabete Campus, for instance, the branch of agriculture of the University of Nairobi, the premier university in this country, should be imbued with confidence through financial facilitation and incentives. The 4K Club and the science congress at the high school and primary school levels are all indicators of the urge by young people to invest in research. At the national level let us encourage and motivate that in order to harvest research results that can upgrade agricultural materials. Thank you very much."
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