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    "id": 947830,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/947830/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kiminini, FORD-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr.) Chris Wamalwa",
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        "legal_name": "Chrisantus Wamalwa Wakhungu",
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    "content": "The core business of the National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) is not to give farmers fertiliser. However, it has been doing the fertiliser business which has brought a lot of corruption. When it comes to delivery on the ground, we do not get subsidised fertiliser. It was a wonderful idea. The law forming the Fertiliser Board was passed in this House and the President assented to it. However, up to now, six or seven years down the line, we do not have the Board in place. We are discussing about the Livestock and Livestock Products Marketing Board Bill today. If we pass it today, I do not know when it will be implemented. So, we are calling upon the Committee on Implementation in this Parliament, because it is in charge of following up on parliamentary resolutions, to work hard so that pieces of legislation that are passed here can be implemented. The core business of the Executive is to implement what has been enacted. We legislate but it lies on the shelves. So, it is possible that all the good efforts that Hon. Bashir has put in place will not be implemented. I am worried it might take another 10 years or 20 years to implement this Bill. So, we are calling upon the relevant Government bodies and agencies to implement immediately any matter that has been passed or resolved by Parliament because it will add a lot of value and provide employment."
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