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    "id": 922276,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/922276/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Prof.) Kamar",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 33,
        "legal_name": "Margaret Jepkoech Kamar",
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    "content": "budgeting for the agricultural sector. We should look at the recommendations of the Committee. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, our Committee overhauled the system in the resolutions that were passed by this House. We looked at the production systems, inputs, storage and the selling. We assumed that once the report is out, the Ministry will take interest in it and go ahead and come up with a different way of dealing with maize, which is staple food of this country. The Committee, therefore, must keenly follow up on the implementation of the House resolutions because we gave them to a number of committees. The Committee on Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries was tasked with the responsibility but some tasks were assigned to the Committee on Justice, Legal affairs and Human Rights while others to the Committee on Labour and Social Welfare. Our committees must take up our reports and follow up with the respective Ministries, so that this country gets value for the investment and also stabilise food security. Finally, today we have debated the Division of Revenue Bill, which is more or less the Budget. We have said that about 15 per cent of the Budget should go to the health sector. It was also resolved that 10 per cent of the Budget should go to agriculture. Out of the annual budgets, some African countries give 25 per cent to these sectors. Since they are devolved, it means 25 per cent of the Budget should be the foundation budget for our counties to enable the two main sectors that have been fully devolved to take off. Once again, Members of the Committee should look into our recommendations and bring their resolutions back to us. I thank you."
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