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    "id": 873698,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/873698/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Langat",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13189,
        "legal_name": "Christopher Andrew Langat",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to second this particular Motion with the said amendments. The inclusion of these particular members in this Committee will be important. These are high level Government officials whom we expected to act with decorum concerning such a crisis in our country during that particular time. Madam Temporary Speaker, when you check in Page 3, these are the people who resolved that the duty-free waiver for the maize should within five days be extended without any good reason. This is the same group that in the second paragraph, mentioned that the Kenya Revenue Authority and the Ministry of Interior and Coordination of National Government should by Tuesday, 27th June, deploy the officers to large millers to ensure accountability. During our discussion, the same large deployment never took place. More so, this is the group that made such an erratic decision that the maize docked at the port and facing documentation challenges in Mombasa was to be cleared and discharged immediately. This is the window that led to the free opening of the maize to be brought to our country, which later on became a problem, because the same decision violated the conditions of the Gazette Notice that was supposed to guide the importation of maize. I also second strongly the amendments to expand the dragnet of this particular culpable people, because this is the same group of people that in a meeting which they had on 14th November, 2017, made very erratic decision up to and including, expanding exportation of maize from Mexico to the tune of four million bags. They lowered the purchase of maize from the local people to the tune of 1.5 million bags of 90kgs. These particular decisions of 14th November, 2017 were made outside the legal notice that had been given and which ended on 15th October. Looking at this particular list of these particular members---"
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