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    "id": 977108,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/977108/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kimilili, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Didmus Barasa",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 1885,
        "legal_name": "Didmus Wekesa Barasa Mutua",
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    "content": "Hon. (Dr.) Eseli confirmed to this House that when he arrived at the CRI, their coffee was infected by diseases. Therefore, he raised the concern of the capability of the CRI in doing what they are required to do. While I appreciate that the Committee tried to dig deeper and understand the facts in line with what Hon. Eseli asked for, it ought to have spent most of the time looking at the competence of the people who are involved in the actual research. The Committee ought to have also looked at the research methodologies, state of affairs of the laboratory, if it is there, and how they disseminate information to farmers, so that they can implement whatever findings they come up with. The Committee focused much more on monetary problems. Every Government institution cries foul that it does not have enough money and that is why they do some things. That can be dealt with in budgetary allocations. We are much more interested in the competence and capacity of the staff who do research and how research reports are structured and implemented, so that whatever good comes out of their research can reach the farmer. The farmer must be educated on how to combat those diseases that affect coffee."
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