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    "id": 823467,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/823467/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kilifi North, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Owen Baya",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13373,
        "legal_name": "Owen Yaa Baya",
        "slug": "owen-yaa-baya"
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, the Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Authority (AFFA) has said that the coconut plant can create up to 500,000 jobs annually. That is what AFFA, a Government agency has said. The AFFA continues to say that Kenya has 7.4 million coconut trees covering only 200,000 hectares. The average estimated potential of coconut industry in Kenya stands at Kshs13 billion annually where the current exploitation monetary value is only Kshs3.2 billion. This is only 25 per cent. If we look at development in this country and taking it to the next level, we have greater potential when we invest in the coconut sector like countries such as Malaysia, Sri Lanka and Indonesia have done. India, today, one of the major producers of coconut, has leveraged on the coconut sub-sector to increase its gross domestic product and the per capita income. The coconut sub-sector is driving the economy of India, yet here we have an opportunity, which we are not exploiting as a country."
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