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    "id": 59286,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/59286/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Mbiuki",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Agriculture",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Japhet M. Kareke Mbiuki",
        "slug": "japhet-kareke-mbiuki"
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    "content": " Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. From the outset, I would like to thank Mr. Wamalwa for moving this Motion. The Ministry of Agriculture recognizes the importance of fertilizer as an input of crop production as it is elaborated in the Ministry of Agriculture Strategic Plan 2008 to 2014 and the Agricultural Sector Development Strategy 2010 to 2020. The Ministry of Agriculture also recognizes the accessibility and the application of this critical input is constrained by the high cost. The Government, through the Ministry of Agriculture and the National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB), is in the process of importing various varieties of fertilizer but the price indication at various farm gates is very high to the point of going at almost Kshs3,500. The Government is subsidizing each bag at approximately Kshs950 to achieve a price of Kshs2,500 per bag of DAP. During this season, the Government is spending more than Kshs4.1 billion in this fertilizer importation and out of that, Kshs1 billion will be used as a subsidy component."
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