Entry Instance

HTTP 200 OK
Allow: GET, PUT, PATCH, DELETE, HEAD, OPTIONS
Content-Type: application/json
Vary: Accept

{
    "id": 974288,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/974288/?format=api",
    "text_counter": 175,
    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Nyamunga",
    "speaker_title": "",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 738,
        "legal_name": "Rose Nyamunga Ogendo",
        "slug": "rose-nyamunga-ogendo"
    },
    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, if you look at the statistics that we have, rice production was introduced in Kenya in 1907 from Asia. It is currently the third-most important cereal crop after maize and wheat. Therefore, it has become a household food. We also know that about 80 per cent of the rice grown in Kenya is from irrigation established by the Government, while only 20 per cent is produced under rain-fed conditions. Most Kenyans living in the rural and even urban areas rely so much on rice as major food. The annual consumption of rice is at a rate of 12 per cent as compared to 4 per cent of wheat and 1 per cent maize, meaning that it is a staple food for Kenya. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, if you look at the statistics of the production of rice, the national consumption of rice is estimated at 300,000 metric tonnes compared to an annual production of only 45 to 80 per cent. This is a big shortfall. Most of the rice is imported from China, India and Taiwan. While we want to support the President in one of the Big Four Agendas, which is food security, it is very important for the Kenyan Government in particular, the Ministry of Agriculture, to make sure that rice production is improved. There is a lot of land lying fallow in Nyanza which has water but infrastructure is lacking."
}