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    "id": 799775,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/799775/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Orengo",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Minority Leader",
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        "legal_name": "Aggrey James Orengo",
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    "content": " Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, cartels or no cartels, there is a crisis amongst the farming community, particularly in the two counties; Trans Nzoia and Uasin Gishu. Probably one can add Bungoma County. Cartels or no cartels, a solution is required. Sen. (Prof.) Kamar was talking on the basis of trying to find a solution; not trying to witch hunt or look at who is being mentioned as a cartel or not. As national leaders, we should approach this on the basis that there is an outcry in which the local leadership took some steps. I was so happy to see a meeting yesterday, attended by the governor in which questions were being asked directly to leaders and the Government in order to resolve the crisis in Uasin Gishu, Trans Nzoia and Bungoma counties. More importantly, this is not a problem for those three or four counties. It is a national problem because these areas have been identified as important and key areas for the production of food in this country. In fact, in the old days, even in the colonial days, they were so identified that even the scheme of Guaranteed Minimum Returns (GMR) was there for farmers, large or small scale, so long as you were selling your produce to the NCPB. It was evident that farming brought some returns. The crisis in those areas is that some people have done proper and legitimate farming but they do not get any returns on what they have delivered. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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