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    "id": 754212,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/754212/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Anami",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Lisamula Silverse Anami",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to add my voice to those who have spoken on this Motion. I stand to support the Motion. I do not really see how any Kenyan can oppose a Motion like this, which speaks to the heart of all Kenyans. I come from Shinyalu Constituency where every inch of the soil is good for farming and all the citizens there, like all the other parts of Kenya, are anxious to work on their land and to produce food and other crops that will enhance their welfare. So, the Government should be anxious to support these Kenyans to benefit from their land. Therefore, I am talking about our land policy. As we look at arrangements like the one that has been viably proposed by Hon. Wamalwa, we need to revisit our land policy. At the moment, we have a lot of fallow land which is not being used because farmers have abandoned farming because of the frustrations they go through. They wake up in time in the year to prepare their land for farming, do all they can and invest in the farming process, but they will not get fertilizers in time. They get frustrated. Agriculture, being a sector that suffers diminishing returns, the Government should maintain vigilance and clear focus on helping the farmers not to suffer diminishing returns. A colleague talked about the yellow maize. That is the feature you find everywhere. At the beginning of the season, you will find that everyone has prepared his land and is ready to do the best with it, but this is not possible because the fertilizer is supplied late or is not accessible due to high prices. Sometimes, the unit converts this into a business venture that makes it impossible for the farmer to access the fertilizer. The total output from the farmer is a loss and this is very frustrating to farmers. We need urgent intervention by the Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry of Trade and Commerce. This is very urgent because we cannot allow people to incur losses after investing their fortunes in the farming industry. There is also the issue of middlemen. The middleman syndrome in Kenya must be dealt with. Middlemen will always hoard fertilizer and other farm inputs to frustrate the farmer. After the farmer has done his best and produced his crop, the middleman comes 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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