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    "id": 980580,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/980580/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kiminini, FORD-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr.) Chris Wamalwa",
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        "legal_name": "Chrisantus Wamalwa Wakhungu",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. This is something critical. I listened to Hon. Wangwe when the issue of public participation was brought up. I noticed that there was no input from the relevant Ministries. I am saying this because in the last Parliament, I brought a Bill on fertiliser which was assented to by his Excellency the President. Initially, there was a lot of resistance from the Ministry because they thought the AFA Act will handle all issues. When I listened to Hon. Wangwe, I expected something from the Ministry. But he said the Ministry was invited and it refused to come. This is something that is serious. The objective of the AFA Act was to repeal all those bodies and consolidate them for purposes of economies of scale. Some assets were lost. Now it seems there is a conspiracy to bring the Coffee Board of Kenya, Pyrethrum Board of Kenya, Sugar Board Authority and the other bodies back. We have seen an effort to bring them back and we do not know the logic behind that. The Ministry of Agriculture is a critical player in this. I do not know why they refused to attend."
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