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    "id": 754156,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/754156/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Mwaura",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Isaac Maigua Mwaura",
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    "content": "Hon. Speaker, Sir, this Motion is important because it seeks to address the cost of fertilizer in this country. If you look at the kind of money we are spending as a country to import fertilizer, you will find that we will be able to save a lot of funds that can be used on other development activities. It is not because we do not have good agricultural policies. In fact, the French word for policies is “ pon politic” which means “good politics”. There has been politicization of the NCPB, which is seen as a cash cow for some mandarins, who have tendencies of showing how they usurp the power of the State. That is why farmers are not able to get proper prices for their produce; some people would like to import the same things that we can produce in this country. This is the case, yet in a globalized market economy European farmers benefit from a 70 per cent subsidy of their produce. There has been a rush to grab land in Africa, and governments get into concessions to allow other countries to come and produce food for their people. 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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