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    "content": "scandal. We do not address the real problem but something different. I have listened keenly to the Senate Majority Leader. Some of the farmers who have delivered their maize are being called cartels and so on. It is incumbent on the leadership of this country to address issues like this and we should follow due procedure. As the Committee on Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries, we have asked the Cabinet Secretary to appear before us and explain. We will come to this House and deliver whatever information we will get from them. Having said that, we also have information that most of the maize in silos is from outside and that is very serious. For this country to sustain farmers, we must borrow a leaf from Israel where the key person is the farmer because the country must be fed and the farmer is paid promptly on delivery. When there is abundance of anything, farmers are told not to produce that commodity because there is enough in the stores. The NCPB is the custodian of the national food reserve. So, we should always know when we have excess stock and when we need something, but most importantly, farmers must be paid upon delivery of their produce."
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