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    "id": 610043,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/610043/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kipyegon",
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        "legal_name": "Johana Ngeno Kipyegon",
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    "content": "Hon. Speaker, protect me from hon. A.B. Duale. The reason I am agitated is because, as I speak, the agricultural sector, which is the backbone of our economy, is dying. When we talk about maize, wheat, sugar industry, miraa and livestock sectors, they are all dead. Our livestock keepers have nowhere to sell their animals. So, it is dead. The reason why most farmers from Meru and other parts of this country resorted to farming sorghum was majorly because there has been a serious problem with the agricultural sector. That crop is resistant to diseases and drought. It is very unfortunate that today farmers who have been growing that crop have met a lot of challenges, especially those that have to do with market for their produce. This Parliament passed a law that over-taxed the breweries where the farmers used to sell their crop. I wish to support hon. M’eruaki on this Petition. As I speak, several people in this country cannot afford to buy food. Those are the crops that farmers had resorted to. I am also a farmer from Narok and I farm maize and sorghum. As I speak, I have several sacks of sorghum, which I do not know where to sell. Many other Kenyans are crying, for instance, from the Western, Rift Valley and Embu region."
}