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    "id": 98009,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/98009/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Konchella",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 322,
        "legal_name": "Gideon Sitelu Konchella",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Kenyan farmer does not need protection. What they need is fair play. That is all they are asking for. In other words, reduce the duty at the rate of 5 per cent per year and confine that within the EAC. This is because Tanzania and Uganda have refused to reduce theirs. Could the Assistant Minister consider reversing what they have done and reduce duty by 5 per cent so that the Kenya farmer can adjust over time? The cost of borrowing from AFC is such that they are only allowing Kshs11,000 per hectare, and yet the cost of production is Kshs30,000 per hectare. This means that the farmer has to cough another Kshs19,000 to be able to grow wheat per hectare. Could the Government buy the wheat or allow the slow but sure reduction of duty at the rate of 5 per cent per year until it conforms with that of EAC? Our farmers do not need protection or subsidy, but fair play."
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