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    "id": 62060,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/62060/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Wamalwa",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Eugene Ludovic Wamalwa",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, coming from the farming community and the bread basket of Kenya, I know the problems that farmers are experiencing. I know that every year, we do prepare our land but we never get fertilizer at the right time. We know that because of the importation of fertilizer from other countries; the delays at the Port of Mombasa and the escalating costs of receiving goods at the Coast because of piracy, farmers are suffering. This is because they do not get fertilizer on time. However, when it arrives at the port, apart from accessing it, it is too expensive for most farmers to afford. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, when we have high production cost in terms of inputs in agricultural sector, you will find that the same farmer who has spent over Kshs3,000 in buying a bag of fertilizer is being paid less than Kshs2,000 for a 90- kilogramme bag of maize. Farmers cannot break even. So, unless we, as a country, come up with proper strategies that can ensure that we have accessibility and affordability of inputs for our farmers, we will continue staying on the list of food insecure nations of the world although we have the capacity and land that can enable us produce food for ourselves. We can produce enough food to even feed this country and other countries beyond."
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