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    "id": 909995,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/909995/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mandera South, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Ali Adan",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13418,
        "legal_name": "Adan Hajj Ali",
        "slug": "adan-haji-ali"
    },
    "content": "There is no provision for the Strategic Food Reserve. As I have just explained, the National Cereals and Produce Board is going to self-finance the purchase of maize for 2018/2019. The provision for coffee industry revitalisation and food security of Kshs300 million, which was earlier provided by the Committee, has been removed and about Kshs3 billion has been provided for the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Cooperatives. Basically, this means that coffee revitalisation and food security is no longer the docket of the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock. It has been moved to the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Cooperatives, where they have provided about Kshs3 billion for cherry advance and another Kshs230 million for the operations of the Coffee Taskforce. The Committee recommends that the State Department for Research be allocated a Recurrent Budget of Kshs5.56 billion up from Kshs4.9 billion in the Financial Year 2018/2019, which is an increase of Kshs580 million or 11.7 per cent. The Development Vote allocation has also been increased by Kshs319 million from Kshs475 million in 2018/2019 Financial Year to Kshs795 million. The State Department for Agriculture and Research Services is implementing a programme called ‘Agriculture Research’ and has an allocation of Kshs6.3 billion in the 2019/2020 Financial Year. The target output includes the following: Tsetse and trypanosomiasis controlled and sustained research policies rationalisations, operationalisation of liquid nitrogen plant and development of liquid nitrogen plant and enhanced capacity for semen production. There is need to enhance resource allocation to the State Department to compensate for its functions. The resources will help in completion of projects within stipulated time and improve on project and programme monitoring and evaluation."
}