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    "id": 940825,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/940825/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Westlands, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Tim Wanyonyi",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 3036,
        "legal_name": "Timothy Wanyonyi Wetangula",
        "slug": "timothy-wanyonyi-wetangula"
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    "content": "Here in Kenya, we used to have the Kenya Farmers Association (KFA) that used to market produce. We also had cooperative societies that were very vibrant. We are the ones who started the cooperative movement. Some countries have borrowed it from us and they have done very well. I believe with the growing population and also the level of government involvement, if farmers are properly organised into organisations, they will be able to empower themselves to market their products. They will also specialise in the areas where they can produce commodities that can be exported to other countries. The Government also needs to be serious about protecting farmers. We have ended up flooding our market with cheap farm produce from neighbouring countries thereby destroying our farmers. We have heard our farmers crying over and over. Their foods are rotting away in the farms and yet the Government is not providing anything. We have to move away from this business of Government being the sole marketer or buyer of the farm products. It will be the farmers themselves who will be organised into federations. If those organisations are properly structured, they will provide a better base for the farmers."
}