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    "id": 963417,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/963417/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Milgo",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13174,
        "legal_name": "Milgo Alice Chepkorir",
        "slug": "milgo-alice-chepkorir"
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    "content": "The issue of falling milk prices is a challenge everywhere in the country. It is quite unfortunate particularly because one of the pillars of the Big Four Agenda of the Jubilee Government is food security. Farmers have to be encouraged so that we ensure we have food on our shelves. It is unfortunate that milk is following suit after falling maize prices. Recently, we had tea bonuses also falling terribly. The other time we talked about sugar cane prices also falling. I think sugar cane farmers have already given up. Tea farmers in my county, where we grow a lot of tea, are already uprooting tea plants. They are also looking into leaving dairy farming. Mr. Speaker, Sir, when we talk about food security, in this case it would have meant that we should be able to look into issues of management and encouraging these farmers to ensure that they produce to the extent of managing to sell the excess. However, of late, these farmers are not even able to take care of the cows themselves. Seeing that the price of one litre of milk dropped from KShs35 all the way to KShs17, it"
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