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    "id": 96259,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/96259/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Kenyatta",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, we are using the channels that are, indeed, available through the community headquarters. We did raise this particular issue at the post-budget meeting and we intend to continue addressing ourselves to our counterparts in the four other member countries. But as I said, this is always an issue of trade off. At the end of the day, if Kenya alone was to push, for example, and say that we shall maintain our duty rate at 35 per cent or even applies for that stay, the subsequent consequence of that is that other member countries can then turn around and say we shall return to our zero. With the facts that goods can now move freely unlike previously, it, therefore, means that wheat will be milled in Kampala and Tanzania and basically exported to Kenya. So, ultimately, the net effect is that our farmers will still be even worse off than they are now. But we are continuing to consult with them. The way to address ourselves to this issue is to see how we can structurally support our farmers to make them more competitive to be able to increase production. Ultimately, we can say that Kenya has the capacity, not just to supply itself with wheat, but also to supply the region. At that stage, we can be in a position to apply a much higher rate, even 70 per cent like Tanzania and Uganda have for their rice because they are in a position to meet their demand. So, they are able to demand that higher rate. We are still not quite there yet."
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