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    "id": 95688,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/95688/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Dr. Kosgei",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Agriculture",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13,
        "legal_name": "Lucas Kipkosgei Chepkitony",
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    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) There has been no dumping of cheap maize or wheat into the country, but importations have been done to offset shortfalls in the consumption demands. (b) Kenya farmers will be disadvantaged because the prices of the imported wheat are much lower than the locally produced ones. This is because our production costs are very high. Fertilizers come from outside and they are expensive. We, as a Ministry, are endeavouring to address this cost of production by ensuring that cost effective certified seed is available and that we could possibly do something about lowering or subsidizing the cost of fertilizer to allow the local farmer to produce at a cost effective level. We are also trying to assist in controlling the pests that have consistently destroyed the crop because the pests have made the farmers lower the yields due to the nature of the costs for this. The individual farmers are having a difficulty with this. So, we are addressing that question, so that they do not have to spend too much money in controlling the diseases."
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