{"id":787328,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/787328/?format=json","text_counter":314,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. (Ms.) Chepkwony","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":640,"legal_name":"Hellen Chelangat Chepkwony","slug":"hellen-chelangat-chepkwony"},"content":"Food security will never be achieved in this country unless we take farmers seriously. I come from Nakuru County, Njoro Constituency. Over 85 per cent of my constituents are farmers, but as I stand here today, a majority of them have not been paid for the maize they delivered to the National Cereals and Produce Board. As I stand here, fertiliser has become a serious matter of concern in my constituency because, as we talk, farmers do not have fertiliser at all. The only request I make to the Government is that let us take the farmers seriously because they are suffering. Let us not always wait for people to demonstrate so that we can act."}