{"id":729204,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/729204/?format=json","text_counter":143,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. Karaba","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":232,"legal_name":"Daniel Dickson Karaba","slug":"daniel-karaba"},"content":"Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Yesterday I reminded you that the issue of fertilizer either in supply or purchase is important to Kenya and more so to the farmers. Is the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries serious to tell us that they cannot plan ahead for farmers if they are importing fertilizer which is not perishable? They can buy fertilizer in bulk so that on the onset of the rains, the farmers will have adequate supply to use for planting instead of subjecting farmers to planting using fertilizers for top dressing. Why can they not supply fertilizer to the farmers prior to the planting time?"}