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    "id": 817947,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/817947/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nominated, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. David ole Sankok",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13166,
        "legal_name": "David Ole Sankok",
        "slug": "david-ole-sankok"
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    "content": "This is a form of economic empowerment to our communities, especially from the Coast region. It is saddening to note that most of these trees have been cut down because of lack of a link between producers and the market. We have had a lot of brokers in farming, not only of cashew nut but even of wheat, barley and potatoes. The brokers are the ones who bring down our farming system. Even in sugarcane farming, these brokers make sure that they maximise on their personal profit but minimise on the earnings of the producers. When producers do not get any profit from their farms, then they are bound to reject such products. That is what has caused the uprooting of cashew nut trees and some people changing from sugarcane farming to maize farming. It is because of brokers. I would also like the Government to come in now and crack a whip on these brokers and to invest a lot of money—of course not by taking money from SGR, because we need it as part of our infrastructure; you cannot transport the cashew nut using donkeys, so we need the infrastructure—in manufacturing and having a direct link to the producers. It is also important to note the nutritional value of cashew nut. That is why it is very expensive that 14 pieces can cost as high as Kshs2,000 and yet millions of pieces of potatoes The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
}