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    "id": 947857,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/947857/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kitui Central, WDM-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Makali Mulu",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Benson Makali Mulu",
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    "content": "The other issue is on the international market. Countries like Saudi Arabia and Iraq require a lot of meat. It is obvious that the demand for meat in those countries has never been met. With this Board in place, I see a situation where the country will penetrate such markets so that our people who keep livestock will sell them without any problems. In that case, we will be helping our farmers and we will be putting the livestock sector where it belongs. As we all know, agriculture is the mainstay of our economy. In the process, we will be helping our economy. As I say those good things about this Board, I must point out one or two things which I think - as we form the board - will be very important. One of the areas is the inefficiencies we are experiencing with the existing boards. Few have mentioned the boards that are supposed to regulate the coffee, tea and pyrethrum sub-sectors of agriculture. All those boards are there to support farmers to market their products, but there are a lot of inefficiencies in terms of operations. As a country, we need to make sure that those boards do not become so inefficient that, at the end of the day, money that is supposed to go to farmers end up being used in offices. That is one area that is important. The board that has been proposed by this Bill will have to be aware of that trend."
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