{"id":675502,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/675502/?format=json","text_counter":25,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Wakhungu","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":1889,"legal_name":"Chrisantus Wamalwa Wakhungu","slug":"chrisantus-wamalwa-wakhungu"},"content":"Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I want to thank Mr. arap Menjo for that Petition. When you go to Trans Nzoia, it is, indeed, a disaster. It is unfortunate that the subsidised fertiliser which was given to the farmers this year could not meet the standards. The crops are stunted. They are already flowering at knee height. I had brought a Bill on the Floor of the House to establish a fertiliser board which was assented to by His Excellency the President. The Executive must move with speed and implement the fertiliser board. Its core business will be to deal with matters of fertilisers. The core business of the National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) has nothing to do with fertiliser."}