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    "id": 849023,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/849023/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Malalah",
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        "legal_name": "Cleophas Wakhungu Malalah",
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    "content": "encourage contractual farming, in the sense that before a farmer gets into sorghum or sugar farming they should be assured of the market. Mr. Speaker, Sir, recently, I had a farmers‘ convention in Lugari Constituency. Since Kenya Breweries Limited (KBL) is opening a plant in Kisumu County, I encourage all the farmers in Kakamega and the western region in general to ensure that they are contracted by the company. Kenya Breweries Limited is willing to contract farmers before we start farming. Lastly, the second problem that the farmers have is the existence of middlemen and brokers. In the recent maize scandal, a person who does not own a single acre of land supplied 2,000 or 3,000 bags of maize. We need to eradicate the brokers and middle men who are in this business. Moving forward, I want to take this opportunity to thank the President of this Republic, who has formed a taskforce to handle issues of sugar and maize. This is the only way in which we can have a definite solution to farming in our country. I urge the members of that taskforce, and some of them are in this House, to do their work diligently and ensure that they resolve the quagmire that is facing our farmers."
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