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    "id": 986375,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/986375/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wetangula",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 210,
        "legal_name": "Moses Masika Wetangula",
        "slug": "moses-wetangula"
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    "content": "(1) Explain the criteria the Cabinet Secretary for Agriculture has used in determining that these funds be allocated to the counties of Murang’a, Kiambu, Meru, Tharaka Nithi, Machakos, Kirinyaga and Nyeri, at the exclusion of other coffee growing counties. (2) Indicate when the other coffee growing counties such as Bungoma, Kakamega, Vihiga, Kisii, Nyamira and Trans Nzoia will receive the funds and the rationale for excluding them in the first allocation in the first place. (3) State the extent to which county governments have been involved in the process given that agriculture is one of the devolved functions. (4) Explain the method and parameters that will be used to measure the proper utilisation of these funds. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I seek this Statement with a lot of concern because this country knows that coffee has always been grown in the central and western parts of Kenya. Of late, I am aware the current Governor of West Pokot is planting a lot of coffee. Why would a Cabinet Secretary take resources given to the Government and lump them in one region with the exclusion of all other regions that grow coffee? This is not what the Constitution 2010 expected in this country. We desire and demand equitable distribution of resources and opportunities to all people of Kenya, regardless."
}