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    "id": 849018,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/849018/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Malalah",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Cleophas Wakhungu Malalah",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I stand to support this Petition. As the Senate Majority Leader has alluded, this is a well-thought-out Petition. It does not limit itself to coffee, tea and macadamia. The problem is affects all crops. I support the sentiments of the Senate Majority Leader that we need to look at agriculture with a microscopic eye. Under the Fourth Schedule of our Constitution, agriculture is a devolved function. However, it is just the functions that have been devolving and not resources. How I wish that the national Government could be serious on the issue of devolving resources down to county governments. County governments are near the farmers and this is the only way we can empower the farmers of the Republic of Kenya. Mr. Speaker, Sir, on the other hand, I disagree with my friend, Sen. Murkomen, on the issue of us forming one entity that deals with all cash crops. We shall be putting our eggs in one basket. You have seen the way maize and sugar have been mishandled. Therefore, it is not a good idea for us to cluster all crops and farming into one entity. It is important---"
}