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    "id": 602074,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/602074/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kinyua",
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        "legal_name": "Peter Weru Kinyua",
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    "content": "Sorry Hon. Speaker, forgive my height. I have a petition by the dairy farmers on establishment of strategic reserves of long-life milk and powdered milk by the Strategic Food Reserve Trust Fund to cushion milk prices. On behalf of the dairy farmers in Mathira Constituency, and in particular small-scale farmers, I draw the attention of the House to the following:- (i) THAT, in early this year, the Government established the Strategic Food Reserve Trust Fund following the repeal of the Strategic Grain Reserve and the subsequent establishment of Strategic Food Reserve Trust Fund to include maize, beans, rice, fish, powdered milk and canned beef. (ii) THAT, the Strategic Food Reserve Trust Fund was tasked with the responsibility of procuring and storing adequate stocks of food. (iii) THAT, milk was one of the non-cereal foods to be included in the country’s strategic food reserve strategy to help protect dairy farmers from price volatility and ensure constant supply of commodity throughout the year. (iv) THAT, Kenya has been struggling to feed its growing population and, therefore, expansion of food reserves to include non-cereal items was one way of improving the country’s food security status. (v) THAT, farmers have experienced low milk prices due to oversupply especially during times like this when we have the rainy season, despite having incurred huge losses during the preceding dry spell. (vi) THAT, Kenya Dairy Board was appointed as one of the players in the Strategic Food Reserve to ensure adequate food reserve in the country. (vii) THAT, the Kenya Dairy Board is a State Corporation established under Section 4 of the Dairy Industry Act Cap. 336 mandated to regulate, develop and promote the dairy industry in Kenya and under Section 17(c), to ensure reasonable and stable prices to the producers of dairy produce. (viii) THAT, since the establishment of the Strategic Food Reserve Trust Fund, dairy products are yet to be incorporated in the stock. (ix) THAT, milk reserves will not only ensure adequate supply of the product, but also improve the country’s nutrition status; and, (x) THAT, the issues in respect of which this petition is made are not pending before any court of law or any constitutional or legal body. Therefore, your humble petitioners pray that Parliament, through the Departmental Committee on Agriculture, Livestock and Cooperatives, recommends to the Government, through the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries and Kenya Dairy Board, to establish strategic reserves of long-life and powdered milk. And your petitioners will forever pray. Thank you. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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