{"id":803816,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/803816/?format=json","text_counter":298,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Yegon","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":13391,"legal_name":"Yegon Brighton Leonard","slug":"yegon-brighton-leonard"},"content":"Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. You realise that food security and nutrition is a very important and fundamental aspect. Agriculture is among the Big Four pillars that the President and his deputy put forward as matters of priority going forward. Kenya is a signatory to the Maputo Declaration and when I look at the allocation given to agriculture, which is Kshs55 billion or thereabouts, it is hardly 2 per cent of the entire Budget. Going forward, we shall insist that we put in necessary resources in agriculture so that we can…"}