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    "speaker_name": "Dr. Kosgei",
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        "id": 13,
        "legal_name": "Lucas Kipkosgei Chepkitony",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have not contradicted myself at all. I have not said that maize is costing Kshs1,000. I have explained the case of wheat. We are aware of the problem in Narok and we are trying to address it where we can. As you may very well know, that was a policy for the East African Community, which the Ministry is rejecting on the grounds that any agricultural policy has to be controlled by the host countries. This is what happens all over the world and that is what we are trying to address. If you are now telling me that we should buy all the wheat and have infrastructure for buying it, the Government has not bought wheat since 1997/1998 season. The national Strategic Grain Reserve (SGR) is actually under a different Ministry. We, in the Ministry of Agriculture, are trying to see if we can get a new policy through to try and help the farmers. As for when it was bought for Kshs3,000 and sold for this and that, that is not our policy. Our policy is to develop production in this country and see that our farmers and consumers, who must be Kenyans, also benefit, rather than base the entire agricultural process of this country on importation. We are trying to do this but I cannot answer for yesterday’s problems."
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