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    "id": 908483,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherargei",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Cherarkey K Samson",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for this opportunity. I thank Sen. (Prof.) Kamar, the Senator for Uasin Gishu County, which is the single biggest maize producing county in the entire Republic. Of course, we have dairy, maize and tea farming, among others in Nandi County, but we also have maize, majorly in Chesumei and Mosop sub-counties. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I rise to support and thank Sen. (Prof.) Kamar because this issue of maize has been a very serious one. I remember that an a d-hoc Committee was formed to discuss the maize crisis. It is shocking that we have heard, through the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries, that there are plans to import maize into the country. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, as we talk here, farmers in the North Rift continue to have excess maize, yet the NCPB and the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries continue having plans to import maize into this country. If we do not take care of this issue, we will be creating another artificial shortage, which will lead to a serious problem, such as the maize crisis we saw a few years ago. This issue must be addressed because our farmers--- You have seen in our recommendations that we need about Kshs11 billion for the National Subsidy Programme that was started by President Kibaki about five or ten years ago. However, this year, the farmers did not get the subsidy through the National Fertilizer Subsidy Programme. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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