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    "id": 908708,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/908708/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Tigania West, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. John Mutunga",
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        "legal_name": "John Kanyuithia Mutunga",
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    "content": "I want specifically to look at one sector that is of importance to this country and which has been neglected over time. The agriculture sector is so important that in the capture of the details of most of the reports and even in this particular Budget proposal, there is the recognition of the fact that because the weather was good last year, it was then possible for us to have our economy grow at a certain percentage. This country has not adhered to the protocols it has signed at the African Union (AU) level. Other countries which did sign these protocols are growing at two digits. We are growing at less than two digits because we are not very much adherent to what we have already signed. It is also a fact that the level at which agriculture reduces poverty is 1.5 times higher than any other GDP. We are not alive to this fact. Yesterday, there was a consultation - and it is going on right now - by the AU; the sector that deals with the Malabo Declaration. The consultations were held at Safari Park and this House was not represented. The country was not represented. We do not know if they even have information from those areas. The research fraternity of this country is terribly underfunded. We have the best brains in the country deployed to conduct research under the Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organisation (KALRO). They have very little money and only rely on donor funding. When you rely on donor funding, you do not develop the country or spearhead the national agenda. You have to listen to what the donor says so that you may do your research."
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