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    "id": 777401,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/777401/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Angwenyi",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 326,
        "legal_name": "Jimmy Nuru Ondieki Angwenyi",
        "slug": "jimmy-angwenyi"
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    "content": "towards agriculture is very little compared to the contribution made by agriculture to this economy. For example, the planting season started yesterday when it started raining in most parts of the country. It started raining in the Rift Valley, Nyanza region and some parts of the Central region. I was inquiring this morning and I got information about rain in Kenya. Subsidised seeds and fertilisers have not been given to farmers yet we expect to have food security in this country. I know this Professor will bring some change in that ministry. I am sure because I have been a lecturer. When you implement what you have been thinking or reading about, you can make a change. I am sure he is going to bring change in that ministry. When he gets there, I hope he will deal with the cartels that have been involved in the industries of production of milk, maize, wheat, coffee and tea. These days raw coffee on the world market goes for at least Kshs120 per kilogramme but in Kenya farmers are paid Kshs15, Kshs20 or Kshs25 per kilogramme. Who takes the balance of Kshs100 per kilogramme? Like my colleague has said, the PSs we are approving for appointment should listen to us. This is because we have the issues that affect our constituents, who are Kenyans. We are the people who have got those issues and we express ourselves to them so that they can take some steps. When we get the budget, again I ask this House to see to it that we have adequate funding for the agriculture sector. We want this economy to grow. Certain countries which have been depending on their agricultural production have moved from Third World to First World. Brazil and Malaysia are examples yet the kind of production they have is not comparable to what Kenya can produce. It is only that Kenya is not investing adequately in agriculture so that we can produce more so that we can move from Third World to First World. When these appointments are made and the nominees take over, we should call them here and express our issues as MPs. They will be part of the public participation to try to find out what they need to do to improve production and food security in this country which is one of our major agenda in the Jubilee Government."
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