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    "id": 777421,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/777421/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ali Adan",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Adan Hajj Ali",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. From the outset, I want to thank Members for making such valuable contributions to this Motion. Their sentiments have been noted. As the Chair of the Departmental Committee on Agriculture and Livestock, I will convey some of those very valuable points that have been noted by Members in this House. I want to thank them for contributing to this Motion. I would like to clarify just one or two things. There was the issue on intellectuals who often do not translate into intellectual prowess. More often than not, we have brilliant minds employed in positions but they end up underperforming. That is basically true. What is different for Professor Boga is that he is a career researcher. Therefore, he will put his technical and conceptual skills into the work that he has set out to do. A lot also has been said about the budget. Basically, the resources must follow functions. This is what we are asking the Executive to do. I want to repeat that the excitement out there about the big four agenda in terms of agriculture is not captured in the Budget for the 2017/2018 Financial Year, sadly so. The 2017/2018 Budget is Kshs10 billion short of what we had last year. The Committee also noted that certain research institutions have researchers who are only waiting for donors. We need the department to be adequately resourced. With those remarks, I beg to move."
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