{"id":802413,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/802413/?format=json","text_counter":223,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Ouda","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":13385,"legal_name":"Fred Odhiambo Ouda","slug":"fred-odhiambo-ouda-2"},"content":"I cannot forget to thank the various committees for working overtime especially during recess to make this process successful. Having said that, I cannot forget to take cognisance and observe one thing in this Budget going forward. The backbone of any growing economy is agriculture. You cannot purport to be a growing economy if you do not pay attention to agriculture. For example, I think even in the last Budget agriculture was given slightly above 2 per cent of the total budget. However, we are part of the Maputo Declaration and agriculture should receive 10 per cent of the Budget. I want to urge this House going forward to consider this."}