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    "id": 831108,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/831108/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Isiolo North, KPP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Hassan Hulufo",
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        "legal_name": "Hassan Oda Hulufo",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this very important Bill, which I support. Generally, as a country, most of our people rely on agriculture. As much as there is lack of a legal framework to guide commodity trade, what is being proposed to be regularised and to be legalised through this Bill is already happening informally. Looking at the various provisions of this Bill, there is no doubt that it will contribute greatly towards agribusiness in our country. It will boost agricultural business. The proposed Bill will also enable farmers to earn better prices from what they produce. Most of our farmers rely on rainfed agriculture. Our cropping seasons are the same. Therefore, we have times when we have a lot of produce on the market and most of it goes to waste simply because we lack efficient storage infrastructure in the country. In some counties in lower eastern Kenya, where you come from, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, there is what is referred to as ‘ ndengu revolution’. I am sure that if we had a warehouse receipt system in place with adequate, efficient and safe warehouses where farmers could keep their surplus produce, farmers would earn more and the"
}