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    "id": 90847,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/90847/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Musila",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister, Ministry of State for Defence",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 94,
        "legal_name": "David Musila",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have just talked about the bumper harvest. This bumper harvest as you know, because your constituency is involved, went into waste because of aflatoxin. This happened because the Ministry did not advise farmers on the right way to store maize. Therefore, we ended up losing all that. If the Ministry had done something better by ensuring that farmers handled their crop properly, we would not be in that mess. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, finally, let me touch on the issue of the price of maize. Maize is being sold at Kshs1,500 per bag. Before the farmers started farming, it was Kshs2,300. It was only after our farmers got the so-called bumper crop that the Ministry of Agriculture decided to lower the price. May I ask that the new Minister, with the experience that she has, ensures that the price of maize goes back to where it was before, so that farmers can benefit. I am sure that we can do a lot more than we are doing in ensuring that this country has food security. This is because any nation that prides itself to be a nation, if it has no food security, cannot be a nation. Therefore, I am sure that the Ministry is up to the task. I urge them to take farming seriously and give us extension officers in the field so that they can help our farmers to grow food crops using the right seeds at the right time. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to support."
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